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|accepted_name=Luzula wahlenbergii
|accepted_authority=Ruprecht
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Samojed. Cisural.
|place=58. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Wahlenberg's wood rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Anthelaea;Luzula wahlenbergii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Luzula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Luzula subg. Anthelaea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Luzula wahlenbergii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="rhizome height or length or size"><b>Rhizomes </b>short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="culm growth form;culm atypical some measurement;culm some measurement"><b>Culms </b>cespitose, 15–30 (–35) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="sheath throat shape;sheath throat pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> sheath throat acutely angled, pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal leaf-blade length;basal leaf-blade width;apex height or length or size;apex shape;apex pubescence">basal leaf-blade 5–10 cm × 3–8 mm, apex short acuminate, mostly glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="cauline leaf atypical quantity;cauline leaf quantity;cauline leaf length;cauline leaf width">cauline leaves (1–) 2–4, 3–5 cm × 2–4 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>anthelate, few flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="main branch quantity;main branch orientation;main branch architecture or arrangement;main branch orientation">main branches generally 2–4, spreading less than 90°, lax, usually arching;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence bract some measurement;inflorescence bract some measurement">proximal inflorescence bract 1 cm or less;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract coloration;bracteole coloration">bracts and bracteoles brown;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="cilium length or size;cilium shape">margins with long curly cilia.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;pedicel height or length or size"><b>Flowers </b>solitary on short pedicels;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal some measurement;margin shape;apex shape;apex orientation">tepals dark purplish brown (margins finely lacerate toward apex), 2–2.5 mm, margins finely lacerate toward apex, apex acute, not reflexed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament variability">anthers ± equaling filament length;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma length">stigmas 2 times style length.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule coloration;capsule some measurement;capsule length or size"><b>Capsules </b>dark-brown, less than 2.5 mm, slightly longer than tepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="beak presence">beak absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>dark reddish-brown, cylindric, 1.2–1.6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="">caruncle essentially absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="caruncle presence;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer.
|habitat=Wet mossy arctic and alpine tundra, lake shores, alluvial rivers, shores of alpine creeks, gneissic seashores
|elevation=40–600 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Luzula wahlenbergii
|authority=Ruprecht
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer.
|habitat=Wet mossy arctic and alpine tundra, lake shores, alluvial rivers, shores of alpine creeks, gneissic seashores
|elevation=40–600 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Samojed. Cisural.
|publication year=1845
|special status=
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|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Anthelaea
|species=Luzula wahlenbergii
|2n chromosome quantity=24
|apex height or length or size=short
|apex orientation=not reflexed
|apex pubescence=glabrous
|apex shape=acute;acuminate
|basal leaf-blade length=5cm;10cm
|basal leaf-blade width=3mm;8mm
|beak presence=absent
|bract coloration=brown
|bracteole coloration=brown
|capsule coloration=dark-brown
|capsule length or size=slightly longer
|capsule some measurement=0mm;2.5mm
|caruncle presence=absent
|cauline leaf atypical quantity=1;2
|cauline leaf length=3cm;5cm
|cauline leaf quantity=2;4
|cauline leaf width=2mm;4mm
|cilium length or size=long
|cilium shape=curly
|culm atypical some measurement=30cm;35cm
|culm growth form=cespitose
|culm some measurement=15cm;30cm
|filament variability=equaling
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|inflorescence architecture=flowered;anthelate
|inflorescence bract some measurement=less;1
|inflorescence quantity=few
|main branch architecture or arrangement=lax
|main branch orientation=arching;spreading
|main branch quantity=2;4
|margin shape=lacerate
|pedicel height or length or size=short
|rhizome height or length or size=short
|seed coloration=dark reddish-brown
|seed shape=cylindric
|seed some measurement=1.2mm;1.6mm
|sheath throat pubescence=pilose
|sheath throat shape=angled
|stigma length=2 times style length
|tepal coloration=brown;dark purplish
|tepal some measurement=2mm;2.5mm
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