Juncus campestris Linnaeus var. multiflorus Ehrhart, Beitr. Naturk. 5: 14. 1790; Luzula campestris (Linnaeus) de Candolle var. multiflora (Ehrhart) Celakovsky; L. campestris subsp. multiflora (Ehrhart) Buchenau; L. multiflora subsp. occidentalis V. I. Kreczetowicz.

Perianth segments all lanceolate. Capsule brown to reddish brown, obovoid.

Forest and ravine margins, wet stream banks, grasslands on slopes; 2200--3600 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Sikkim; Europe, North America, Oceania].