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|accepted_name=Luzula confusa
|accepted_authority=Lindeberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Not.
|place=1855: 9. 1856
|year=1856
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|common_names=Northern wood rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Luzula;Luzula confusa
|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 confusa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>0.5–1 cm. <b>Culms</b> cespitose, stiffly erect, 3–28 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths reddish; basal leaves (persisting for several seasons,) reddish, exceeding inflorescence to as short as cauline leaves, glabrous; cauline leaves 2–3, reddish, rarely to 6 cm, often reaching or exceeding inflorescence, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: glomerules 1–4, pedunculate; main branches 1–3(–4), arching in 1 direction, 1–4 cm, terminated by 2–several peduncles each bearing 1–5 flowers; peduncles 2 mm; ; proximal inflorescence bract usually inconspicuous, though variable in size and shape; bracts and bracteoles conspicuous, clear to deep brown, margins lacerate to fimbriate to abundantly ciliate. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals dark brown with clear apex, 1.6–2.6 mm; outer whorl longer than inner whorl; anthers ca. 2 times filament length; stigmas much exceeding styles. <b>Capsules</b> dark brown, ovoid, ± equaling to shorter than tepals. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, (with tuft of fine tangled hairs), ellipsoid, 0.8–1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer.
|habitat=Wet, exposed rocky and sandy hillsides, lichen tundra, and mountain summits, growing where it may be practically only vascular plant
|elevation=circumpolar; 500–1300 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;N.H.;Vt.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Basal leaves and cauline leaves (numbering 2 or 3) are reddish and glabrous in <i>Luzula confusa</i>. Inflorescences have 1–3(–4) main branches terminated by 2–several peduncles, each bearing 1–5 flowers. The flowers are characterized by stigmas that much exceed the styles in length.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Luzula confusa
|authority=Lindeberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer.
|habitat=Wet, exposed rocky and sandy hillsides, lichen tundra, and mountain summits, growing where it may be practically only vascular plant
|elevation=circumpolar; 500–1300 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;N.H.;Vt.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Not.
|publication year=1856
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_316.xml
|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Luzula
|species=Luzula confusa
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