Species

Luzula campestris

Etymology

Luzula: Latinized form of the Italian vernacular name (lucciola) for this plant
campestris: From the Latin campus 'field, pasture', meaning growing in pasture

Family

Juncaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LUZCAM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Rushes and Allied Plants

Flower Colours

Brown,White

Year Naturalised

1938

Origin

Europe

This page last updated on 4 May 2011