Juncaceae
Spiked woodrush
Luzula spicata
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Luzula
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- متلألئة سفواء
- arz
- متلالئه سفواء
- Chinese
- 穗花地杨梅, 穗花地楊梅
- Czech
- Bika klasnatá
- English
- Spiked woodrush
- Finnish
- Tähkäpiippo
- German
- Ähren-Hainsimse
- hsb
- Kłóskata syćel
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Aksfrytle
- Persian
- سازوی جنگلی سنبلهای
- Swedish
- Axfryle
- Ukrainian
- Ожика колосиста
- Welsh
- Coedfrwynen ysbigog
Synonyms
- Gymnodes spicata (L.) Fourr.
- Juncoides spicata (L.) Kuntze
- Juncoides spicatum (L.) Coville
- Juncus spicatus L.
- Luciola spicata (L.) Sm.
- Luzula compacta Desf.
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
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- 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.