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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 with long rhizomes. Flowers in oblong heads or clusters. Leaves linear, up to 14 cm long and 5 mm wide. Capsule pale brown at the base, reddish-brown above. Upper Blue Mts Wet heath and swamps Luzula modesta