Flora of North America species comparison

and leaf scales present.

and leaf scales present.

connate at base, ± linear, tapering strongly from near base or spatulate, 2.5–9 × 0.3–5 mm, 1+-veined.

connate at base, obovate-oblanceolate to spatulate, (2.2–)2.7–5.7 × 0.7–2 mm, 2+-veined.

bracts caducous, sometimes persistent.

bracts absent.

0–0.2 mm in fruit.

0–5 mm in fruit.

usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1 pistillate;

styles erect or spreading;

pollen yellow.

usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1 pistillate, rarely both pairs at an axil with 1 staminate and 1 pistillate;

styles loosely ascending or ± reflexed;

pollen yellow.

obovoid, usually widest distal to middle, 0.8–1.4 × 0.6–1.4 mm, longer than wide, sometimes as long as wide;

mericarps black, not swollen, not winged, winged only at apex, or winged throughout but widest at apex, wings straight, 0.03–0.1 mm wide.

0.8–1 × 0.9–1.3 mm, shorter than wide;

mericarps black, not swollen, winged throughout, wings curled, giving appearance of thickened margins, 0.06–0.15 mm wide.

= 20.

= 20.