UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves all basal, linear, succulent, 2-10 cm. long and 0.3-1.5 mm. wide;

leaves and scapes usually rough-pubescent, becoming woolly at the base

Inflorescence a glabrous, bracteate spike, 1-10 cm. long and up to 5 mm. wide, loosely flowered, the rachis partly exposed;

bracts fleshy, broadly ovate, 2 mm. long; plants sub-dioecious, some with non-functional stamens, others with non-functional pistils;

calyx 4-lobed;

corolla small, the 4 lobes less than 1 mm. long, erect or reflexed;

stamens mostly 2;

ovary superior, 2-celled.

Inflorescence a glabrous, bracteate spike, 1-10 cm. long and up to 5 mm. wide, loosely flowered, the rachis partly exposed;

bracts fleshy, broadly ovate, 2 mm. long; plants sub-dioecious, some with non-functional stamens, others with non-functional pistils;

calyx 4-lobed;

corolla small, the 4 lobes less than 1 mm. long, erect or reflexed;

stamens mostly 2;

ovary superior, 2-celled.