Luzula traversii

Cheeseman published this description posthumously in 1925:

Stems densely tufted, very variable in size, usually from 6 to 12 in., but sometimes attaining 18 in. and occasionally dwarfed to 4in., slender, often attenuate above. Leaves radical and a few cauline, all much shorter than the stem, 1-6 in. long, rarely more, 1⁄10-1⁄4 in. broad at the base and from thence gradually tapering upwards, apex subulate, not obtuse as in the forms of L. campestris; margins flat or involute, ciliate with long hairs. Inflorescence terminal, erect or nodding, compound, of several short and dense spikes either all congested into an ovoid head, or the lower 1 to 3 distinct and sometimes peduncled. Lower bracts foliaceous, often overtopping the inflorescence; upper membranous, with very broad white margins and apices, densely ciliate with long hairs. Flowers small, 1⁄10 in. long. Perianth-segments equal, or the outer slightly longer, lanceolate, awned, pale-chestnut with white and silvery margins. Stamens 3, rarely more. Capsule equalling the perianth, ovoid-globose, trigonous, mucronate, pale- or dark-chestnut, sometimes almost black. Seeds oblong-ovoid, ferruginous.[1]

The species can be distinguished from Luzula campestris by its tapering leaves that end in a distinct point.[1]

Luzula traversii is native to the South Island of New Zealand.[1]