The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to LUZULA

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Flowers solitary or 2–3 at ends of inflorescence branches
 
    2. Inflorescence branches widely spreading, stiff; leaf-sheath opening glabrous
L. divaricata
    2' Inflorescence branches erect or arching; leaf-sheath opening hairy
L. parviflora
  1' Flowers in 1 or more clusters, often head-like
 
    3. Leaves channeled; inflorescence nodding — inflorescence dense
L. spicata
    3' Leaves flat; inflorescence not nodding
 
      4. Inflorescence not distinctly head-like; perianth 1.5–2 mm
L. subcongesta
      4' Inflorescence ± head-like; perianth 2–5 mm
 
        5. Stem and inflorescence generally greenish, sometimes brown; inflorescence generally at least slightly open, with spreading branches; widespread
L. comosa
        5' Stem and inflorescence blackish; inflorescence very compact; alpine
L. orestera


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