Flora of North America species comparison

long- creeping.

to 150, 0.1–0.2 mm wide.

1–3.

basal, (1–)2–4;

auricles 0.4–0.6(–0.8) mm, scarious;

blade flat or somewhat channeled, 10–40 cm × 0.4–0.7 mm, margins entire.

to 0.9 cm, 1/4–1 times height of plant.

10–30(–80)-flowered, usually loose and somewhat lax, 2–16 cm;

primary bract rarely surpassing inflorescence.

terminal solitary flowers;

bracts subtending inflorescence (1–)2, ovate, inconspicuous, 0.3–0.9 mm, membranous, apex acute.

bracteoles 2;

tepals dark brown or blackish, lanceolate-ovate to oblong, 2.6–3.2(–3.8) mm;

inner and outer series nearly equal, apex obtuse;

stamens 6, filaments 0.4–0.7 mm, anthers 1.1–1.6(–1.8) mm;

style 0.4 mm.

3-merous;

: tepals (4–)6(–8), turning inward to enwrap shorter capsule at maturity, chestnut brown to black, lanceolate to oblong, 1.2–2.3(–2.8) × 0.4–0.6 mm;

;

outer and inner series nearly equal, acute to acuminate;

stamens 3, filaments 0.3–0.6 mm, anthers 0.15–0.25 mm;

style 0.1 mm, stigma 0.2–0.3 mm.

chestnut brown or brown, 3-locular, widely ellipsoid, (2.2–)2.5–3.2(–3.5) × 1.3–1.9 mm.

pale reddish, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1–1.9 mm × 0.5–1 mm.

dark brown, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.485–0.6(–0.67) mm, not tailed.

ovoid to globose, 0.3–0.5 mm.

= ca. 80, 84.

= ca. 38.