OregonFlora species comparison

sheath fronts membranous;

blades 1–3.1 mm wide.

1.5– 4 mm wide.

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.

1.1–2.1 cm × 13–18 mm; dense and head-like, with a fine texture because the perigynia are many and thin, not spreading;

spikes gynaecandrous.

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.

flat except over the achene, 4–6.5 × 1.5– 2.6 mm; light to dark brown (occasionally greenish) with dark to black tips, with several light dorsal veins and 0–3(8) ventral veins;

wings 0.3–0.6(0.8) mm wide;

beak tip unwinged, brown; and parallel-sided for at least the distal 1 mm; entire for the distal 0.3–0.6 mm; (2.3)2.6–3.8 mm from achene top to beak tip;

stigmas 2.

rounded to trigonous.

lenticular; (1.2)1.4–1.8 × 0.8–1.1(1.3) mm, 0.3–0.5 mm thick.

dark reddish brown with whitish margins.

smaller than the perigynia; reddish brown; ovate;

apex obtuse, minutely ciliate.

3–4.8 mm long; shorter and narrower than the perigynia, generally brown or purplish, sometimes with a paler mid-stripe.

1.3–1.4 mm long.

=54.

=82.