Juncaceae
Sourthern woodrush
Luzula forsteri
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Luzula
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Common names
By language (13)
- Armenian
- Փայլուկ Ֆորսթերի
- arz
- لوزولا فورستيرى
- Azerbaijani
- Forster işıqotu
- Bulgarian
- Форстерова светлика
- English
- Sourthern woodrush
- Finnish
- Toukopiippo
- French
- Luzule de Forster
- German
- Forster-Hainsimse
- hsb
- Forsterowa syćel
- Persian
- سازوی جنگلی
- Russian
- Ожика Форстера
- Swedish
- Parkfryle
- Welsh
- Coedfrwynen gulddail
Synonyms
- Juncoides forsteri (Sm.) Kuntze
- Juncus forsteri Sm.
- Luciola forsteri (Sm.) Sm.
- Luzula gesneri Bubani
- Luzula vernalis subsp. forsteri (Sm.) Bonnier & Layens
- Nemorinia forsteri (Sm.) Fourr.
- Pterodes forsteri (Sm.) Börner
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Luzula
- Field woodrushLuzula campestrisJuncaceae
- Common woodrushLuzula multifloraJuncaceae
- Great woodrushLuzula sylvaticaJuncaceae
- Hairy woodrushLuzula pilosaJuncaceae
- 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.