UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves with sheathing stipules, petiolate, numerous, highly variable, the blades 2-4 cm. long, linear to ovate, usually with spreading, basal, triangular lobes.

Leaves numerous, all cauline, thick and leathery, the lower reduced;

leaf blades oblong-elliptic to broadly lanceolate, 6-12 cm. long, tapered to short petioles.

Inflorescence an open, leafless, reddish, narrow panicle;

flowers imperfect;

pedicels slender, longer than the flowers, jointed immediately under the flower;

perianth about 1 mm. long, erect, only slightly larger than the fruit and closely investing it;

styles 3.

Inflorescence a small, leafy-bracteate, loose panicle;

pedicels slender, 10-15 mm. long, weakly jointed at mid-length; outer 3 perianth segments erect to spreading, 4-5 mm. long; inner 3 segments becoming greatly enlarged, 20-25 mm. long, reddish, nearly orbicular but cordate-based, entire, strongly net-veined, without a lump at the base;

styles 3.

Achene smooth.

Achene smooth, 5-6 mm. long.