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Flowers in cymes or in dense lateral clusters Juncaceae
Leaf sheaths closed (i.e., the margins fused); seeds 3 Luzula
Flowers in a single head or in 2–3 clusters on each scape; occasionally the clusters stalked
Plants tufted or bulbous, without rhizomes
Plants not bulbous. Flowers in obovate to globular heads or clusters. Leaves linear, up to 12 cm long and 4 mm wide. Capsule purplish-brown almost to the base. Southern Blue Mts Swamps Luzula ovata