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Tapirlord wrote:
10 Dec 2024
Hey Jane. Yes I would, infloresence is the first detail in the Plantnet key.

Inflorescence of several obviously pedunculate flower clusters or with only shortly pedunculate clusters(Luzula novae-cambriae)

Inflorescence a single ovate or globose head, or an oblong head with a few subsessile lower clusters (Luzula ovata)

Luzula ovata
JaneR wrote:
7 Dec 2024
Definitely not acutus: acutus is a big robust rush with very sharp tips (they hurt).

Juncus sp.
JaneR wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I was placing emphasis on capsule colour as described by Flora Vic:
Admittedly inflorescence shape is like other L. ovata sighted recently: but capsule colour for L. ovata is given as ruby-red-oxblood red (PlantNet) .

Would you emphasise inflorescence shape over capsule colour ?

Luzula ovata
Tapirlord wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I thought L.novae.Cambriae had diffuse inflorescence

Luzula ovata
JaneR wrote:
5 Dec 2024
Accepted as L. densiflora (with reservations) based on tepal characteristics: however, leaves look soft (a characteristic for meridionalis); and what's puzzling, is that capsule length exceeds tepals (descriptions for all Luzula spp in FloraVic have capsule equal or shorter than tepals).

Luzula densiflora
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