Luzula alpinopilosa, (Chaix) Breistr.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 114-115

23. L. alpinopilosa (Chaix) Breistr. , Bull. Soc. Sci. Dauph. 61: 609 (1947)

( L. spadicea (All.) DC. ).

Plant (15-)25-40(-50) cm, caespitose. Basal leaves 1-8 mm wide, sparsely ciliate, rarely with hairs only at the mouth of leaf-sheath. Flowers 2-5 together. Inflorescence erect or slightly drooping. Perianthsegments 1-5-3 mm, subequal, dark brown. Anthers 3-7 times as long as filaments. Style about as long as or slightly longer than ovary. Capsule 2-2-5(-2-8) mm, ovoid to globose. Seeds 1-1-3 mm, pale brown; basal appendage short. 2« =12. Shady rocks, wet screes and snow-patches; usually calcifuge. © Mountains of Europe, from the Vosges and Carpathians to the Pyrenees, C. Appennini and Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).

1 Plant usually 40-50 cm; leaves 6-8 mm wide, glabrous

(d) subsp. velenovskyi 1 Plant 10-30 cm; leaves 1-6 mm wide, sparsely hairy

2 Leaves 3-6 mm wide; perianth-segments 2-5-3 mm; anthers

5-7 times as long as filaments (c) subsp. obscura 2 Leaves 1—3-5(—5) mm wide; perianth-segments 1-5-2-5 mm; anthers 3-4 times as long as filaments

3 Leaves 1—2-5(—3) mm wide; perianth-segments up to 2-5 mm

(a) subsp. alpinopilosa 3 Leaves 2-5-3-5(-5) mm wide; perianth-segments not more than 2 mm (b) subsp. candollei