Luzula flaccida subsp. flaccida (Buchenau) Edgar APNI* Synonyms: Luzula flaccida (Buchenau) Edgar form B APNI*
Luzula meridionalis var. flaccida (Buchenau) Nordensk. APNI*
Description: Small perennial with loose tufts.
Leaves 2.5–6 mm wide, flat.
Inflorescence of few branches up to 2 cm long bearing clusters c. 10 mm diam. or sometimes reduced toa single head, with flowers 2–3 mm long; tepals pale red-brown, with margin very broad and creamy hyaline or almost entirely cream-coloured; anthers 0.3–0.6 mm long.
Caruncle about one quarter the length of the seed.
Distribution and occurrence: Occurs in Coast, Tablelands and Western Slopes; also Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Grows in grassy margins of wet sclerophyll forest, from sea level to 1550 m altitude, also in disturbed sites such as road banks.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
Referred to in the hard-copy 'Flora of NSW' vol. 4 as 'form B'. This has shorter anthers than the 'Long Anther' form.
Text by E. Edgar & K. L. Wilson (1993); edited KL Wilson (June 2010; July 2016; Sept 2024)
Taxon concept: Fl. New South Wales vol 4, 1993 (as form B)
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