Juncaceae
Small-flower wood-rush
Luzula parviflora
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Luzula
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- متلألئة صغيرة الأزهار
- arz
- متلالئه صغيرة الازهار
- Chinese
- 小花地杨梅, 小花地楊梅
- English
- Small-flower wood-rush, Smallflowered woodrush, Millet woodrush, Smallflower woodrush
- Finnish
- Röyhypiippo
- Russian
- Ожика мелкоцветковая
Synonyms
- Juncoides parviflora (Ehrh.) Coville
- Juncoides spadicea var. parviflora (Ehrh.) Kuntze
- Juncus parviflorus Ehrh.
- Luzula glabrata var. parviflora (Ehrh.) Rchb.
- Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa (Michx.) Buchenau
- Luzula parviflora var. parviflora
- Luzula spadicea f. parviflora (Ehrh.) I.Grint.
- Luzula spadicea f. parviflora Grinţ.
- Luzula spadicea var. parviflora (Ehrh.) E.Mey.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gail A Baker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Luzula
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- Common woodrushLuzula multifloraJuncaceae
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- Hairy woodrushLuzula pilosaJuncaceae
- Sourthern woodrushLuzula forsteriJuncaceae
- Oakforest woodrushLuzula luzuloidesJuncaceae
- Luzula niveaJuncaceae
- Spiked woodrushLuzula spicataJuncaceae
- Eurasian woodrushLuzula pallescensJuncaceae
- Luzula luteaJuncaceae
- 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.