OregonFlora species comparison

terete; to 100 cm; nodal glands absent.

submersed, sessile, attached at stem nodes, not attached to stipules;

stipules 1.2– 1.7 mm, fibrous, disintegrating to persistent fibers; even on proximal portion of stem;

tip shredding, obtuse;

blades ovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 1–12 cm, 10–20 mm wide;

base rounded, clasping;

margins entire to wavy;

tip acute to obtuse; lacunae absent;

veins 3–35.

emersed;

spikes cylindric, 13–37 mm;

peduncles terminal or axillary; erect to rarely recurved, 15–148 mm.

sessile, obovoid; turgid to concave, 2.2–4.2 × 1.7–2.9 mm; greenish brown, rarely dorsally keeled;

beaks erect, 0.4–0.7 mm.