familyJuncaceae
genusLuzula
subgenusLuzula subg. Luzula
speciesLuzula multiflora
subspeciesLuzula multiflora subsp. frigida

Luzula multiflora subsp. frigida

(Buchenau) V. I. Krecztowicz

Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 12: 490. 1928.

Janice Coffey Swab
Illustrated
Basionym: Luzula campestris var. frigida Buchenau in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 48: 284. 1898
Synonyms: Luzula frigida (Erhard) Lejeune Luzula multiflora var. fusconigra Celakovsky Luzula sudetica var. frigida (Buchenau) Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Cauline leaves 2–3, not overlapping; proximal inflorescence bract not conspicuously exceeding inflorescence. Tepals: outer and inner whorl dark-brown to chestnut to blackish, outer whorl pointed, inner whorl truncate-mucronate. Capsules dark chestnut to blackish, equal to slightly exceeding tepals. Seeds 1.1–1.4 mm; caruncle 0.2–0.3 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Peaty barrens, slopes, fields, heaths, grasslands, and snowbeds
Elevation: 50–1800 m

Distribution

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Greenland, B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.), N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Maine, Mass., N.H., Vt., Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Luzula multiflora subsp. frigida"
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2n chromosome quantity
36 +
Anther arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Anther duration
persistent +
Apex size or width
thickened +
Apex texture
callous +
Appendage coloration
white +
Author
Janice Coffey Swab +
Authority
(Buchenau) V. I. Krecztowicz +
Basal leaf length
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Basal leaf width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
Basionyms
Luzula campestris var. frigida +
Blade architecture
septate +
Blade pubescence
glabrous +
Blade shape
channeled;flat +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract quantity
2 +
Bracteole quantity
2 +  and 3 +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Capsule coloration
dark chestnut +  and blackish +
Capsule height or length or size
shorter +
Capsule shape
globose +
Capsule variability
equal +
Caruncle prominence
conspicuous;barely visible +
Caruncle some measurement
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
Cataphyll presence
absent +
Cauline leaf arrangement
not overlapping +
Cauline leaf quantity
2 (3) +
Cauline leaf variability
exceeding inflorescences +  and equaling +
Culm growth form
cespitose +
Culm shape
round +
Culm some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Distribution
Greenland +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, Vt. +  and Eurasia +
Elevation
50–1800 m +
End quantity
1 +
Extension quantity
2 +
Extension shape
earlike +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower arrangement
arranged +
Flower position
in dense clusters +  and inserted +
Flower quantity
single +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower shape
headlike +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Glomerule architecture
sessile +
Glomerule quantity
1;2 +
Glomerule shape
cylindric +
Habitat
Peaty barrens, slopes, fields, heaths, grasslands, and snowbeds +
Hair architecture
multicellular +
Hair length or size
long +
Hair pubescence or texture
soft +
Hair texture
fibrous +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
umbellate +
Inflorescence branch quantity
1 (2) +
Inflorescence branch size
reduced +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
spikelike +
Inner whorl shape
truncate-mucronate +
Leaf position
basal +
Locule quantity
3 +  and 1 +
Margin coloration
clear +
Margin pubescence
hairy +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Nutritive appendage coloration
white +
Nutritive appendage prominence
visible +
Outer and inner whorl coloration
Dark-brown (Chestnut) +
Outer and inner whorl variability
equal +
Outer seed-coat presence
absent +
Outer whorl length or size
longer +
Outer whorl shape
Pointed (?) +
Ovary position
superior +
Peduncle prominence
evident +
Petal coloration
green;brown or purplish black +
Petal duration
persistent +
Phenology
Flowering and fruiting summer. +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Placenta arrangement
parietal +  and axile +
Placenta position
basal +
Placenta quantity
3 +  and 1 +
Publication title
Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) +
Publication year
1928 +
Reference
None +
Rhizome height or length or size
short +
Rhizome orientation
vertical +
Secondary branch course
straight +
Secondary branch orientation
erect +
Secondary branch presence
absent +
Seed body variability
equaling +
Seed quantity
3 +
Seed shape
globose;ovoid +
Seed some measurement
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Sepal coloration
green;brown or purplish black +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sheath condition
closed +
Sheath margin arrangement
overlapping +
Sheath margin fusion
fused +
Sheath pubescence
pilose +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Stigma length or size
generally longer +
Stigma some measurement
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Stolon height or length or size
short +
Stolon orientation
vertical +
Style base duration
persistent +
Style duration
not persistent +
Subtending flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Subtending flower coloration or reflectance
translucent +
Subtending flower quantity
0;2 +
Subtending flower size
reduced +
Synonyms
Luzula frigida +, Luzula multiflora var. fusconigra +  and Luzula sudetica var. frigida +
Taxon family
Juncaceae +
Taxon name
Luzula multiflora subsp. frigida +
Taxon parent
Luzula multiflora +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Tepal coloration
pale-brown +  and chestnut-brown +
Tepal quantity
6 +
Tepal some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Tepal variability
equaling +
Vein prominence
indistinct +
Volume
Volume 22 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +  and cespitose +
Whorl quantity
2 +
X chromosome quantity
6 +