Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC., 1806

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Southern Wood-rush
• 🇫🇷 Luzule de Forster

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Monocots
• Clade: Commelinids
• Order: Poales
• Family: Juncaceae
• Genus: Luzula
• Species: Luzula forsteri

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. pilosa (L.) Willd., 1809, whose inflorescence branches spread out at blooming, while those of L. forsteri remain upright.

Possible confusion with L. luzulina (Vill.) Racib., 1888, whose inflorescence branches have 1-2 flowers, while those of L. forsteri have abundant flowers.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• L. forsteri subsp. caspica (Rupr. ex Bordz.) Novikov, 1990;
• L. forsteri subsp. forsteri (Sm.) DC., 1806, P;
• L. forsteri subsp. rhizomata (Ebinger) Z.Kaplan, 2001.

Hybridizes with L. pilosa (L.) Willd., 1809 to produce L. × borreri Bromf. ex Bab., 1851, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 150). Biotope.