The Regular Field Rushes Plant

The regular field rushes (LUZULA campestris) is a perennial in the Russian family (Juncaceae). The plant in the Netherlands for many. The number of chromosomes is 2n = 12, 24 or 36.


It is a sod-forming plant with short or no rhizomes. The plant is about 20-40 cm high. The plant is at the foot thickens. The magazine stolons and long, white hairs.


The plant blooms from March to May The flowers are oblong to globular flower heads. To steal the flower heads are erect, sometimes oblique. A flower head consists of more than ten flowers. And the partially stemmed partly sessile flowers are maroon and star-shaped with a diameter of 3-4 mm. The yellow anthers are 0.5 to 1.2 mm long and about as long as the stamens.


Ordinary field border has a capsule that contains three seeds. The round or nearly round, brown to dark brown seeds have a sandwich ants. The dimensions of the seeds are 1.0 to 1.9 x 0.7 to 0.9 x 0.7 to 0.8 mm. The thousand grain weight is 0.6 grams.


The plant is native to moderately moist, acid soil in arid grassland, along roadsides and New Zealand.


Names in other languages:


• German: Feld-Hainsimse

• English: spring flowers

• French: Luzule champêtre, Pelouse sèche




Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewone_veldbies


See also: International Flower Delivery, Florist