OregonFlora species comparison

sheath fronts membranous;

blades 1–3.1 mm wide.

blades (1.4)2–3.5 mm wide, pale green to slightly glaucous.

basal spikes absent; lowest bract sheath inflated, 2–5 mm long;

blade absent or less than 2 cm long, purpletinged;

lateral spikes 2–3, crowded near the terminal spike, 0.4–0.7 × 0.2–0.4 mm; terminal spike male; tiny, 0.3–0.7 cm × 1.1–1.5 mm.

lateral spikes female, 0.4–2 cm × 3–5 mm, with perigynia relatively loosely spaced within the spike, with middle internodes (0.2)0.5–1.5 mm, averaging 0.65 mm; terminal spike usually male (rarely gynaecandrous); when male usually 0.5–1.7 cm long, averaging 0.9 cm × 2 mm.

elliptic, 2.3–3.3(3.5) × 1.1–1.4 mm, pubescent with crinkled hairs; veinless but with 2 ribs, bases succulent, withering when dry;

beak 0.3–0.4 mm long;

stigmas 3.

globose or obovate, 1.6–3.2 × 1.1–2 mm, nearly veinless at maturity but veined when young; immature perigynia green to tan, often white-powdery; fresh mature perigynia pale greenish becoming orange and more or less succulent when ripe, sometimes white-powdery, dried mature perigynia dark brown and slightly waxy;

beak absent or nearly so; perigynium apex sometimes curved to one side;

stigmas 2.

rounded to trigonous.

lenticular, 1.3–1.8(2) × 1–1.6 mm.

dark reddish brown with whitish margins.

smaller than the perigynia; reddish brown; ovate;

apex obtuse, minutely ciliate.

1.2–2.5 mm, obtuse to acute, sometimes awned, often falling before the perigynia.

1.3–1.4 mm long.

=54.

=52.