Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Coastal to montane openings, rocky slopes, forests and shores.
Flowers: April-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Wind
Tufted perennials, without stolons, the stems 10-40 cm. tall.
Basal leaves 5-15 cm. long and 3-7 mm. broad, the margins with long, soft, wavy hairs; leaf bases sheathing, the throats of the sheaths with long, soft, wavy hairs.
Inflorescence of 1-6 umbellate or sessile glomerules, spheric to nearly cylindric, 5-15 mm. long and 5-7 mm. wide, the branches straight, divergent; perianth 2-5 mm. long, dark brown to pale with clear margins, the outer 3 tepals longer than the inner 3.
Capsules spheric, greenish to dark brown, usually shorter than the perianth.
Publication: Syn. Luzul. 21. 1823.
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var. comosa – pale woodrush
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southeast Alaska to central California. -
var. laxa – Pacific woodrush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Luzula comosa in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Luzula comosa checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Luzula comosa information.
E-Flora BC: Luzula comosa atlas page.
CalPhotos: Luzula comosa photos.
USDA Plants: Luzula comosa information.
