Flora of Victoria

Tufted perennial, flowering stems to c. 40 cm high, generally exceeding leaves. Leaves flat, mostly 2–6 mm wide, flaccid, ciliate along margins, obtuse and thickened at apex. Inflorescence umbellate, with 1 or 2 sessile clusters and up to c. 6 stalked clusters, each 4–10 mm diam., rarely reduced to a single cluster; tepals acuminate, 2–3 mm long, light to dark brown with pale membranous margins; capsules subequal to or slightly longer than tepals; seeds c. 1 mm long excluding caruncle which is from one-third to one-half as long as seed.

Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim.

A variable species with 3 varieties, sometimes treated as species. Specimens with intermediate attributes are not uncommon.

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1994). Luzula. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Key to the varieties of Luzula meridionalis

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Juncaceae

genus Luzula

Higher taxa

species Luzula meridionalis Nordensk.

Subordinate taxa

variety Luzula meridionalis var. densiflora Nordensk.

variety Luzula meridionalis var. flaccida (Buch.) Nordensk.

variety Luzula meridionalis var. meridionalis

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Luzula meridionalis in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Luzula meridionalis in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native
Highlands-Far East	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native
Snowy Mountains	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania