OregonFlora species comparison

20–55 cm × 8–16 mm.

terminal;

branches ascending and drooping.

aggregated in a few dense clusters of 12–130;

spikes sessile, narrowly ovoid, 4–5 × 1.8–2.3 mm; floral scales 1.6–2.8 mm; black or brownish black with pale midribs;

apex with awn 0.4–0.6(1.2) mm.

perianth bristles persistent, 6; rather stout; straight or curved; longest bristles equaling achene, with retrorse teeth in distal 0.3–0.5, enclosed within floral scales;

stigmas 3.

plumply trigonous or plano-convex, 0.8–1.2 × 0.4–0.6 mm.

=56.