Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula decipiens Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 13: 797 (1975)
 Description

Turf-forming, to ± 5 cm high with numerous slender short rhizomes and stolons. Leaves moderately hairy, usually reddish-green. Flowering stems sunk among leaves, scarcely elongating in fruit. Flowers 2–2.5 mm long. Stamens 6. Seeds with long caruncle.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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. 1975: Australasian Luzula. New Zealand Journal of Botany 13: 781–802.