Juncaceae
Alpine woodrush
Luzula alpinopilosa
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Luzula
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bulgarian
- Веленовскиева светлика
- Dutch
- Kosmatka brunatna
- English
- Alpine woodrush
- German
- Braune Hainsimse
- Polish
- Kosmatka brunatna
Synonyms
- Juncus alpinopilosus Chaix
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native
Photos
Photo: P.Cikovac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Iemma, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rillo69, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvaro Bueno, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krampl Tomáš, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bernhard Hildebrand, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Luzula
- Field woodrushLuzula campestrisJuncaceae
- Common woodrushLuzula multifloraJuncaceae
- Great woodrushLuzula sylvaticaJuncaceae
- Hairy woodrushLuzula pilosaJuncaceae
- Sourthern woodrushLuzula forsteriJuncaceae
- Oakforest woodrushLuzula luzuloidesJuncaceae
- Luzula niveaJuncaceae
- Spiked woodrushLuzula spicataJuncaceae
- Eurasian woodrushLuzula pallescensJuncaceae
- Luzula luteaJuncaceae
- Small-flower wood-rushLuzula parvifloraJuncaceae
- Luzula alpinaJuncaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.