Juncaceae
Field woodrush
Luzula campestris
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Luzula
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- متلألئة حقلية, لوزوله
- arz
- متلالئه حقليه
- Asturian
- Cabeza la herba
- Belarusian
- Ажыка раўнінная
- Bulgarian
- Полска светлика
- Chinese
- 地杨梅, 地楊梅
- Czech
- Bika ladní
- Dutch
- Gewone veldbies
- English
- Field woodrush
- Estonian
- Põld-piiphein
- Finnish
- Ketopiippo
- French
- Luzule champêtre
- frr
- Haaspuat
- German
- Feld-Hainsimse, Gemeine Hainsimse, Gemeine Marbel
- hsb
- Łučna syćel, Zaječi chlěb
- Hungarian
- Mezei perjeszittyó, Réti perjeszittyó
- Irish
- Giúnach léana
- Latvian
- Lauka zemzālīte
- Lithuanian
- Ganyklinis kiškiagrikis
- lzh
- 地楊梅
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Markfrytle
- Polish
- Kosmatka polna
- Russian
- Ожика равнинная
- Slovak
- Chlpaňa poľná
- Swedish
- Knippfryle
- Ukrainian
- Ожика рівнинна
- Welsh
- Milfyw
Synonyms
- Cyperella campestris (L.) MacMill.
- Gymnodes campestris (L.) Fourr.
- Juncoides campestre (L.) Coville
- Juncoides campestris (L.) Kuntze
- Juncoides campestris var. vulgaris E.Sheld.
- Juncus campestris L.
- Juncus subpilosus Gilib.
- Luciola campestris (L.) Sm.
- Luzula campestris f. vulgaris I.Grint.
- Luzula campestris subsp. vulgaris P.Fourn.
- Luzula campestris var. campestris
- Luzula campestris var. genuina Asch.
- Luzula campestris var. minor Bluff & Fingerh.
- Luzula campestris var. vulgaris Gaudin
- Luzula insularis Rouy
- Luzula subpilosa V.I.Krecz. & Gontsch.
- Luzula subpilosa (Gilib.) V.I.Krecz.
- Luzula vulgaris Buchenau
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 369 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Romero Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Letizia Weichgrebe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Luzula
- 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
- Alpine woodrushLuzula alpinopilosaJuncaceae
- 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.