View source for Luzula echinata

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|accepted_name=Luzula echinata
|accepted_authority=(Small) Hermann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=40: 84. 1938
|year=1938
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Luzula;Luzula echinata
|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 echinata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>to 1.5 cm or shorter, knotty. <b>Culms</b> loosely cespitose, 15–45 cm, base sometimes swollen. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves 4–15 cm × 2–7 mm, margins pilose to sparsely hairy, apex not callous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: glomerules 4–15, central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile, broadly conic or globose (often loosely flowered); peduncles straight, divergent by as much as 90°, to 9 cm; proximal inflorescence bract leaflike, not longer than inflorescence; bracts and bracteoles clear, variously cut. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals greenish to pale or dark brown, usually with clear margins and apex, 2.8–4 mm; anthers ca. 2–5 times filament length; stigmas 2–3 times length of styles. <b>Capsules</b> pale to dark brown, obovoid to subglobose, usually shorter than tepals. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, globose, 1.2–1.6 mm; caruncle 0.5–0.6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–early summer.
|habitat=Bluffs, wooded slopes, alluvial woods, streamsides, under hardwoods and occasionally in clearings
|elevation=50–800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Luzula echinata</i> has knotty rhizomes to 1.5 cm; the bases of the culms are sometimes swollen. Flowers are characterized by stigmas that exceed styles by 2–3 times.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Luzula echinata
|authority=(Small) Hermann
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–early summer.
|habitat=Bluffs, wooded slopes, alluvial woods, streamsides, under hardwoods and occasionally in clearings
|elevation=50–800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=1938
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_384.xml
|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Luzula
|species=Luzula echinata
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