White wood-rush Luzula luzuloides

Features

Often grown as an ornamental species with various variants. It is a common social species in forest stands, a characteristic of beech and fir forests.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Deciduous forest, Mixed forest
Size	30-70 cm

Specialty habitat

Description

Ruinous overgrown perennial with short stalons. Stem leafy to the top, round, smooth. Leaves pointed, flabby, light green, densely overgrown at the edge with light, hairy hairs, tufts of hair also in the foliage. Inflorescence overgrown, obovate. Flowers solitary or 2 together on long stalks, these are usually erect or overhanging. Perigon leaves ovate, pointed, pale brown or whitish (subspecies luzuloides) or copper-red (subspecies rubella), both long and fruit, at the base with two leathery leaflets. The fruit is an ovoid head, slightly pointed towards the top.