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Luzula africana

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Juncaceae

Tufted grass-like herb that grows up to 40 cm high. Occurs at high elevations in moist grassveld and marshes of the Mpumalanga highveld, Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Free State, Lesotho and northern Eastern Cape.

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