[4] Another etymology sometimes given is that it does derive from lucciola but that this meant a midsummerfield, or from the Latin luculus, meaning a small place; the same source also states that this name was applied by Luigi Anguillara (an Italian botanist) in 1561.

[5] The second part of the binomial, wahlenbergii is in tribute to the Swedish botanist Göran Wahlenberg, who studied the flora of the northernmost areas of Sweden.

[2] Luzula wahlenbergii is herbaceous perennial plant that grows in loose tufts to a height of around 15–35 cm (5.9–13.8 in).

[1] Luzula wahlenbergii has a relatively wide distribution, growing across Arctic Eurasia, far-east Russia (including Transbaikal), Alaska, Greenland, Canada and the mountains of Scandinavia.

These include, but are not limited to, wet grasslands, mossy tundra,[1] the shores of lakes, alluvial rivers, gneissic seashore and alpine creeks.