Flora of North America species comparison

and leaf scales present.

and leaf scales present.

connate at base, spatulate-obovate, 1.4–2.3 × 0.4–1.5 mm, 2+-veined.

connate at base, obovate-spatulate to ± round, 4–9 × 1–4 mm, 1+-veined.

bracts absent.

bracts persistent.

0 mm in fruit.

0–0.2 mm in fruit.

not solitary, usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1 pistillate;

styles erect to reflexed;

pollen yellow.

solitary;

styles erect;

pollen yellow.

0.4–0.7 × 0.7–0.9 mm, shorter than wide;

mericarps black, swollen at base, not winged or winged only at apex, wings straight, 0–0.03 mm wide.

1.2–1.8 × 1–1.7 mm, ± as long as wide;

mericarps pale grayish brown, not swollen, winged throughout, wings straight, 0.1–0.5 mm wide.

= 10.

= 10.