Luzula piperi Calflora

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Taxon Report

Luzula piperi (Coville) M. E. Jones

Piper's woodrush

2018 Susan McDougall

Luzula piperi is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Luzula
Family:	Juncaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Juncoides piperi
JEF + PLANTS	Luzula wahlenbergii ssp. piperi

Information about Luzula piperi from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LUPI2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
Luzula: possibly from the Italian lucciola, "firefly or glowworm," from the shining inflorescence (contributed by Cynthia Powell) piperi: named after Charles Vancouver Piper (1867-1926), an agronomist with the US Department of Agriculture and an expert on Pacific Northwest flora. (contributed by Cynthia Powell) photos / record / common / links null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/08/2023).