OregonFlora species comparison

basal and cauline; round; hollow, septate, 1–2 mm wide;

auricles 1–1.2 mm.

flat; grass-like;

auricles absent.

panicles of 3–50 clusters; clusters 5–50-flowered, not obscured by inflorescence bract.

1–35 clusters; clusters 3–10-flowered, sometimes bearing leafy bulblets;

inflorescence bracts inconspicuous, membranous; shorter than or equaling inflorescence.

tepals 6, green; reddish, or pale brown;

tips acuminate;

stamens 3;

filaments 0.8–1.5 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.5 mm;

styles 0.2–0.3 mm.

tepals 6, 1.8– 3.2 mm, dark brown to black; smooth;

stamens 3;

filaments 0.8–1.1 mm;

anthers 0.4–0.6 mm, yellow;

style 0.2–0.3 mm.

usually 0–1 mm longer than the tepals, dark brown, 1-chambered.

elliptic to ovoid; shorter than or equaling the tepals, brown to dark brown, 1-chambered.

narrowly ellipsoid to linear, 1.25–1.9 × 0.2–0.25 mm;

bodies 0.5– 0.8 mm; tails 0.3–0.5 mm, 0.5–1 times as long as seed body.

0.3–0.45 × 0.2– 0.3 mm, reticulate, apiculate.

=80.