Luzula australasica subsp. dura (Edgar) M.E.Jansen APNI* Synonyms: Luzula oldfieldii subsp. dura Edgar APNI*
Description: Small perennial with coarse tufts, usually with persistent leaf remains at base.
Leaves 3.0–7.5 mm wide, stiff, channelled; margins thickened, sparsely hairy, not papillose; apex obtuse.
Culms 10–35 cm long, 0.9–1.8 mm diam., elongating in fruit to twice the leaf-length. Inflorescence a single round or ovate head of numerous sessile clusters 1–2 cm diam. Leafy bracts 2 or 3; apex obtuse. Flowers 2.4–3.5 mm long. Tepals acute, red-brown to dark brown with broad white hyaline margins and often with hyaline apex. Anthers 1.1–1.5 mm long.
Capsule obviously shorter than tepals, yellow-brown to red-brown or occasionally very dark brown, smooth; seeds 1.1–1.5 mm long; caruncle a tenth to an eighth the length of seed.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Kosciusko area - may be endemic, or may also occur in Victoria. Grows on exposed rocky alpine sites.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by E Edgar & KL Wilson (1993); edited KL Wilson (March 2007)
Taxon concept:
| The single subspecies in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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