Flora of North America species comparison

trigonous, 30–150 cm × 1–5(–8) mm.

trigonous, (3–)10–50 cm × 0.4–1.2 mm, glabrous.

bladeless.

flat, 5–40 cm × 1–3.5 mm.

heads digitate, 15–30(–36) mm diam.;

rays (14–)20–22, (2–)5–12(–20) cm; 2d order rays 0.3–3(–4) cm; 3d order rays sometimes present, 0.3–2.5 cm;

bracts (4–)18–22, ± horizontal, flat, 15–27 cm × (1.5–)8–12 mm.

spikes rather densely ovoid to globose, 1.2–3.5 cm;

rays 0 or 1–4, 1–6 cm;

rachis 1–3.5 mm;

bracts 2–4, horizontal to reflexed, flat, 6–25 cm;

rachilla ± deciduous, wingless.

8–20, ovoid to linear-lanceoloid, compressed, 5–25 × 1.5–2 mm;

floral scales 8–28, laterally whitish or light brown, ± hyaline, medially light brown, laterally ribless, medially 3-ribbed, 2-keeled in proximal 30–60%, deltate-ovate, 1.6–2.4 × (1–)1.2–1.5(–1.7) mm, apex acute.

15–60, compressed, oblong-lanceoloid, (3–)6–22 × 2.5–4 mm;

floral scales deciduous, 5–22, off-white to light reddish brown, laterally 3–5-ribbed, ovate-elliptic, 2.5–4 × 2–2.6 mm, margins loosely spreading or clasping achene, apex entire to mucronate, mucro 0.05–0.2 mm.

stamens 3;

anthers 0.7–1 mm;

styles 0.5–1 mm;

stigmas 0.6–1 mm.

anthers 0.3–0.6 mm;

styles 1 mm;

stigmas 1–1.5 mm.

brown, sessile or stipitate, broadly ellipsoid, 0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm, stipe if present to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces puncticulate.

dark brown or black, sessile, oblong-ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 1.7–2.2 × 0.8–1.2 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces puncticulate.

= 166.