Flora of North America species comparison

trigonous, (20–)60–70(–100) cm × 2.4–6.9 mm, scabrid on angles.

not basally cormlike, trigonous, (15–)30–100 cm × 1–3 mm, glabrous.

4–12, flat to V-shaped, with readily visible cross ribs especially on abaxial surface, 20–50 cm × 3–14 mm.

V-shaped, 10–65 cm × 2–4 mm.

heads digitate to hemispheric, 1–3.5 cm diam.;

rays 6–12, 1–9(–14) cm; 2d order rays often present, (0.5–)1–3 cm; 3d order rays occasionally present, 5–12 mm;

bracts 4–8, horizontal to ascending at 30°, with prominent cross ribs,V-shaped, (1.5–)3–50(–75) cm × 0.5–13 mm; 2d order bracts 3–10 × 1–2 mm.

spikes densely ovoid to cylindric, 8–17 mm wide;

rays 1–6, 2–10 cm, glabrous;

rachis 4–8 mm;

bracts 3–9, ± horizontal, flat, 4–20 cm × 2–4 mm;

rachilla persistent, wings deciduous, 0.2(–0.3) mm wide.

10–40(–50), oblong to linear-lanceoloid, 5–18 × 2–3.2 mm;

floral scales 10–40, pale grayish brown, or greenish, proximally greenish or brownish, oblanceolate, 2-keeled, weakly to distinctly 1-ribbed, proximal half 2-ribbed, (1.3–)1.5–2(–2.4) × 0.9–1.4 mm, apex acute (sometimes mucronulate), apically glabrous, occasionally scabridulous.

30–80, oblong-lanceoloid, ± terete-quadrangular, 4–7 × 1.5–2 mm;

distal spikelet spreading or ascending;

floral scales persistent, 4–6, appressed, stramineous, laterally 3-ribbed, oblong-elliptic, 1.9–2.6 × 1.1–1.5 mm.

stamens 1–2;

anthers 0.8–1.4 mm;

styles 0.8–1 mm;

stigmas 0.6–0.8 mm.

anthers 0.3–0.5 mm;

styles 0.5 mm;

stigmas 1–2 mm.

brown, slightly to distinctly stipitate, ellipsoid (2.7–4.1 times as long as wide), (0.9–)1.2–1.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm, apical beak 0.1–0.5 mm, surfaces glabrous.

brown, ± stipitate, oblong-fusiform, 1.2–1.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm, apex ± acute, surfaces puncticulate.