OregonFlora species comparison

lacking blades;

distal sheaths 4–16 cm; pale to dark brown; shiny or dull;

apex usually symmetrical; thin.

more or less diffuse, with 5–45 flowers;

branches obvious, attached well above middle of stem (stems here including erect inflorescence bracts above inflorescence);

inflorescence bracts not swollen at base.

tepals 6, 4–5.5(6) mm, dark brown- or black-striped;

stamens 6;

filaments 0.4–0.7 mm;

anthers 1.2–2.2 mm;

styles 0.7–1.3 mm.

3.5–4.5 mm, usually shorter than or equaling the tepals, brown to dark brown;

apex acute to acuminate, 1-chambered.

0.7–0.9 × 0.35–0.45 mm, apiculate.