Juncaceae
Small-flower wood-rush
Luzula parviflora
Also known as Juncoides parviflora, Small wood-rush, Luzula spadicea var. parviflora, Juncus parviflorus
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade · Rush · Moist · Soil · Naturalized · Clumping · Native · Understory
Small-flower wood-rush is a delicate woodland plant that prefers consistently moist, well-draining soil and partial shade. It's excellent for naturalizing in shaded areas and woodland gardens where it forms attractive clumps. Regular moisture is essential, especially during dry spells in summer.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–5.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division, Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-8b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 8 in – 20 in
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, East European Russia, Finland, Greenland, Idaho, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan
Sources: trefle, usda
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