Common Woodrush

Luzula campestris

(L.) DC. Species

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Botanical name
Luzula campestris
Also known as
Common Woodrush, European Woodrush, Field Wood-Rush, Field Woodrush
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Woodrush

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Luzula campestris but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cyperella campestris Gymnodes campestris Juncoides campestre Juncoides campestris Juncoides campestris var. vulgaris Juncus campestris Juncus subpilosus Luciola campestris Luzula campestris f. vulgaris Luzula campestris subsp. vulgaris Luzula campestris var. campestris Luzula campestris var. genuina Luzula campestris var. minor Luzula campestris var. vulgaris Luzula insularis Luzula subpilosa Luzula subpilosa Luzula vulgaris

Others in Luzula

Luzula divulgata
Luzula abyssinica
Luzula alpinopilosa
Luzula capitata
Luzula celata
Luzula comosa
Luzula densiflora
Luzula elegans

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