Flora of North America species comparison

densely branching.

few–20.

erect, 1–3 mm diam., smooth.

0–1, straw-colored, apex acute.

basal, (1–)2–3;

auricles 2–5 mm, apex acute, membranous;

blade flat, 3–12 cm × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire.

basal 1, cauline 1–3;

auricles 0.5–1 mm, apex rounded, scarious;

blade terete, 4.5–15 cm × 1–2 mm.

5–40-flowered, borne congested or branch internodes ca. as long as tepals, ssomewhat loose, 1–5 cm;

primary bract usually longer than inflorescence.

panicles or racemes of 3–35 heads, 2–16 cm, branches widely spreading (at least the proximalmost);

primary bract erect;

heads 2–10(–20)-flowered, obconic to nearly spheric, 3–9 mm diam.

bracteoles 2;

tepals greenish, lanceolate, 3.3–4.4 mm;

outer and inner series nearly equal;

stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.9 mm, anthers 0.1–0.2 mm;

style 0.1–0.2 mm.

tepals greenish, becoming straw-colored, lanceolate;

outer tepals 1.8–3 mm, apex acuminate;

inner tepals 2–3.2 mm, apex acuminate;

stamens 3, anthers 1/3 filament length.

tan or light brown, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid, (3.3–)3.8–4.7 × (1.1–)1.3–1.7 mm, nearly equal to tepals.

exserted, straw-colored, imperfectly 3-locular, ovoid to prismatic, 3–3.8 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence.

tan, ellipsoid to lunate, (0.52–)5.5–0.65(–0.7) mm, not tailed.

ellipsoid, 0.7–1.2 mm, tailed;

body covered with whitish translucent veil.

= 80.