Flora of North America species comparison

trigonous, 5–25 cm × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous.

basally cormlike, trigonous, 5–40 cm × 0.5–1.3 mm, glabrous.

V-shaped, 5–25 cm × 1–3 mm, slightly minutely scabridulous abaxially on margins, midrib.

spikes loosely ovoid, 15–25 mm wide;

rays 1–6, 2–7 cm;

bracts 2–5, 3–20 cm, ascending;

rachilla deciduous, winged.

spikes loosely ± globose, 6–20 mm wide;

rays 1–8 cm;

rachis 1–4 mm;

bracts 3–8, ascending, V-shaped, 3–20 cm × 1–3 mm;

rachilla deciduous, wings hyaline, 0.6 mm wide.

5–30, linear, flattened, 6–22 × 1.5–2.2 mm;

floral scales ± deciduous, (4–)8–12, red, reddish purple, or reddish brown, medially green, elliptic, laterally 2–4-ribbed, 2.3–3.1 × 1.2–2 mm, apex acute to obtuse.

3–18(–28), oblong-lanceoloid, compressed, 3–12 × 1.8–2.5 mm;

floral scales deciduous, 2–11, yellowish brown to reddish brown, laterally 3–4-ribbed, ovate, 2–2.8 × 1.6–2.2 mm, apex mucronulate.

anthers 0.3–0.4 mm;

styles 1 mm;

stigmas 1.3–1.6 mm.

anthers 0.7–1 mm;

styles 0.4–0.6 mm;

stigmas 1–2 mm.

brown to dark purplish brown, broadly ellipsoid, 1–1.3 × 0.6–0.9 mm, surfaces puncticulate.

dark brown, ± stipitate, ellipsoid, 1.5–2 × 0.7–1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate surfaces glabrous or puncticulate.

= 166.