Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula banksiana E.Mey. (1849) var. banksiana
 Description

Lvs 2–5–(7) mm. wide, often drooping. Flowering stems 3–15–(30) cm. long, c. = lvs in length. Infl. a compact, almost white head, occ. with 1–3 smaller, lateral pedunculate clusters. Fls 2.5–3.5–(4) mm. long; tepals with a longitudinal, dark brown central stripe, margins membr., silver-white, distinct from tip to base. Capsule greenish brown to light red-brown. 2n = 12.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Buchenau, F. 1890: Monographia Juncacearum. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 1–495.
Buchenau, F. 1898: Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 5
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.