Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula banksiana var. rhadina (Buchenau) Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 4: 171 (1966)
 Description

Lvs 1–3–(5) mm. wide, very numerous, stiff and erect, former season's lvs persisting. Flowering stems 15–30 cm. long, = or > lvs. Infl. of ∞ pedunculate clusters of 5–12–(∞) fls, peduncles 0.5–3.5–(5) cm. long, rarely contracted to a single head. Fls 2–2.5–(3) mm. .long; tepals light or dark brown, with cream, membr. margins. Capsule occ. c. = tepals, light brown, darker towards the tip. 2n = 12.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Buchenau, F. 1898: Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 5 [as Luzula rhadina Buchenau]
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.