OregonFlora species comparison

flat; grass-like, blue-green; up to 4.5 mm wide;

auricles absent or 0.2– 2 mm.

lacking blades; the blades reduced to vestigial awns;

distal sheaths 2–6 cm, light brown.

(2)5–20 clusters; clusters usually 2–8-flowered.

a loose cluster of 1–3(5) flowers;

inflorescence bracts erect and stem-like, sometimes longer than inflorescence.

tepals 6, dark brown, papillose; inner usually longer than the outer;

stamens 6;

filaments 0.6–1.1 mm;

anthers 1.2–2.6 mm;

styles 1.2–3.2 mm.

tepals 6, brown to dark brown;

stamens 6;

filaments 0.5–1.3 mm;

anthers 1–1.6 mm;

styles 0.1–0.25 mm.

obovoid; shorter than the tepals, brown; acute, 3-chambered.

4.5–8 mm; longer than or equaling the tepals, brown to dark brown;

apices notched, 3-chambered.

slender, 0.6–1 × 0.25– 0.3 mm;

body 0.4–0.6 mm; tail 0.1–0.3 mm, 1 or 2 tails at least half the length of the seed body.

(0.7)1.2–2.3 × 0.2–0.3 mm;

bodies 0.5–0.6 mm, striate; tails prominent, 0.4–0.9 mm.