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Scientific Name
Luzula flaccida
Family Name
JUNCACEAE
Common Name
Flaccid Luzula (rush)
Status
Height
0.25m (25cm)
Flowers
Either above leaves with clusters c.5mm in dia or below leaves in 1-3 heads c10mm in dia.
Fruit
Nuts
Form
A loosely tufted perennial variable in fom of flowers and size of parts.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Grassy Vegetation; Wet Eucalypt Forest; Roadside banks
Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent among grass in moist open places from sea level to subalpine altitudes.
Site Tolerance
Moist
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Capsules cream or pale greenish sometimes with red-brown margins, seeds black c.1mm long with white "outgrowth"
Seed Treatment Method
Bog method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Reportedly grown from seed, although some growers have poor results. Some success has been achieved using the bog method.
Germination Time
4-8 weeks
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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