Flora of North America species comparison

projecting from tip of pseudostem, dense, conelike [lax];

bracts of main axis crowded [not crowded], [2.5–]4–6[–7] cm, ovate to lanceolate [or almost circular];

cincinni sessile, [1–]2–3[–6]-flowered, enclosed in bracts;

bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts.

calyx cylindric, 3-toothed or -lobed, split down one side [not split];

corolla tube slender, lobes linear;

filament linear, tubular-incurved, enclosing style;

anther long-exserted, not spurred, terminal appendage none;

lateral staminodes large, petal-like, lip oblong, plane, 2-lobed.

capsule, globose.

well -developed, 1–3 m.

= 17.