View source for Luzula subcongesta

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|accepted_name=Luzula subcongesta
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) Jepson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Flora of California
|place=1: 258, fig. 45. 1921
|year=1921
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Luzula spadicea var. subcongesta
|authority=S. Watson
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Luzula;Luzula subcongesta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Luzula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Luzula subg. Luzula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Luzula subcongesta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>horizontal, stout. <b>Culms</b> 15–48 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaf sheaths bluish green; basal leaves bluish green, abruptly tapered, less than 19 cm × 3–5 mm, apex long. <b>Inflorescences</b> with glomerules crowded at ends of uneven peduncles; glomerules each with 3–12 flowers, central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile; peduncles arching in all directions; proximal inflorescence bract inconspicuous, 2–3 cm; bracteoles clear, margins ciliate. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals pale to dark brown (apex acute), 1.5–2 mm, apex acute; anthers ± equaling filament length. <b>Capsules</b> pale to dark brown-purple, shorter than tepals; (beak short). <b>Seeds</b> brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.1–1.2 mm; caruncle absent. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Alpine to subalpine moist or wet places
|elevation=2000–3500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p>Luzula subcongesta has bluish green basal leaves, tapered abruptly to the long apex.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=ahti1971a
|text=Hämet-Ahti, L. and V. Virrankoski. 1971. Cytotaxonomic notes on some monocotyledons of Alaska and northern British Columbia. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 8: 156--159.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=ahti1986a
|text=Hämet-Ahti, L. 1986. North American races of Juncus alpinoarticulatus. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 23: 277--281.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=boivin19672a
|text=Boivin, B. 19672--1979. Flora of the prairie provinces. Part I(--IV). Monopsida. Phytologia 42(5): 385--414.15--18, 22--23, 42--43: passim.
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|id=harriman1976a
|text=Harriman, N. A. and D. Redmond. 1976. Somatic chromosome numbers for some North American species of Juncus L. Rhodora 78: 727--738.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=holmen1953a
|text=Holmen, K. and H. Mathiesen. 1953. Luzula wahlenbergii in Greenland. Bot. Tidsskr. 49: 233--238.
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|id=j1958a
|text=Jørgensen, C. A., T. JH. Sørensen, and M. Westergaard. 1958. The flowering plants of Greenland: A taxonomical and cytological survey. Biol. Skr. 9(4): 1--172.
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|id=l1966a
|text=Löve, Á. and D. Löve. 1966. Cytotaxonomy of the alpine vascular plants of Mount Washington. University of Colorado Stud. Ser. Biol. 24: 1--74.
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|id=lindquist1932a
|text=Lindquist, B. 1932. Taxonomical remarks on Juncus alpinus Villars and some related species. Bot. Not. 1932: 313--372.
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|id=murray1987a
|text=Murray, N. A. and D. M. Johnson. 1987. Taxonomic notes on Juncus pelocarpus s.l. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 16: 179--187.
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|id=nordenski1951a
|text=Nordenskiöld, H. 1951. Cyto-taxonomical studies in the genus Luzula. I. Somatic chromosomes and chromosome numbers. Hereditas (Lund) 37: 325--355.
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|id=packher1964a
|text=Packher, J. G. 1964. Chromosome numbers and taxonomic notes on western Canadian and Arctic plants. Canad. J. Bot. 42: 473--494.
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name=Luzula subcongesta
|author=
|authority=(S. Watson) Jepson
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Luzula spadicea var. subcongesta
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Alpine to subalpine moist or wet places
|elevation=2000–3500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|reference=ahti1971a;ahti1986a;boivin19672a;harriman1976a;holmen1953a;j1958a;l1966a;lindquist1932a;murray1987a;nordenski1951a;packher1964a
|publication title=Flora of California
|publication year=1921
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|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Luzula
|species=Luzula subcongesta
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