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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Luzula comosa
|accepted_authority=E. Meyer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Luzul.
|place=21. 1823
|year=1823
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula campestris var. comosa
|authority=(E. Meyer) Fernald & Wiegand
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula campestris var. columbiana
|authority=H. St. John
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula campestris var. macrantha
|authority=(S. Watson) Fernald & Wiegand
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula comosa var. congesta
|authority=(Thuillier) S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula comosa var. laxa
|authority=Buchenau
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula comosa var. macrantha
|authority=S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula comosa var. subsessilis
|authority=S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula intermedia
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula multiflora subsp. comosa
|authority=(E. Meyer) Hultén
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta
|authority=(Thuillier) Hylander
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula subsessilis
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Luzula;Luzula comosa
|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. Luzula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Luzula comosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stolons </b>absent. <b>Culms</b> cespitose, 10–40 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: sheath throats with long, soft, wavy hairs; basal leaves 5–15 cm × 3–7 mm, margins with long, soft, wavy hairs, apex callous. <b>Inflorescences</b> umbellate or sessile glomerules, 5–15 × 5–7 mm; glomerules 1–6, spheric to nearly cylindric; branches straight, divergent by as much as 90°, 0.5–5 cm; proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, shorter than to much longer than inflorescence; bracts clear, margins nearly entire to lacerate; bracteoles clear, margins ciliate, especially in distal half. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals dark brown to pale with clear margins, 2–5 mm; outer whorl often longer than inner whorl; anthers much exceeding to shorter than filaments. <b>Capsules</b> greenish to dark brown, spheric, equal to or much shorter than tepals. <b>Seeds</b> red-brown to brown, cylindric, 1–1.5 mm; caruncle 0.3–0.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12, 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Meadows, open woods, coniferous forest
|elevation=50–3200 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Sheath throats and margins of the basal leaves of <i>Luzula comosa</i> have long, soft, wavy hairs.</p><!--
--><p>The highly variable nature of this species is indicated by the number of names applied to it., including: <i>Luzula campestris</i> var. comosa (E. Meyer) Fernald & Wiegand; <i>L. campestris</i> var. macrantha (S. Watson) Fernald & Wiegand; <i>L. campestris</i> <i></i></i>var.<i><i> columbiana</i> St. John; <i>L. comosa</i> <i></i></i>var.<i><i> congesta</i> (Thuillier) S. Watson; <i>L. comosa</i> <i></i></i>var.<i><i> laxa</i> Buchenau; <i>L. comosa</i> var. macrantha S. Watson; <i>L. comosa</i> var. subsessilis S. Watson; <i>L. intermedia</i> (Thuillier) A. Nelson; <i>L. multiflora</i> ssp. comosa (E. Meyer) Hult&eacute;n; <i>L. multiflora</i> <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> congesta</i> (Thuillier) Hylander; L. subsessilis Buchenau. Synonymy??</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Luzula comosa
|author=
|authority=E. Meyer
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Luzula campestris var. comosa;Luzula campestris var. columbiana;Luzula campestris var. macrantha;Luzula comosa var. congesta;Luzula comosa var. laxa;Luzula comosa var. macrantha;Luzula comosa var. subsessilis;Luzula intermedia;Luzula multiflora subsp. comosa;Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta;Luzula subsessilis
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Meadows, open woods, coniferous forest
|elevation=50–3200 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Luzul.
|publication year=1823
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_434.xml
|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Luzula
|species=Luzula comosa
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