Scientific Name: Luzula nivea
Common Name: snowy woodrush
Family Name: Juncaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Dried flower or fruit, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Pubescent, Linear, Ciliate
Flowers: Panicle, White, May-Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Loose, tufted evergreen; leaves basal and alternate, linear, deep green, 20-30cm long x 6-9mm wide, grass-like with blade and sheath, margin with hair-like filiaments; flowers are white, in clusters.