Flora of North America species comparison

long- creeping.

erect, 2–5 mm diam.

to 150, 0.1–0.2 mm wide.

several.

blade absent.

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

lateral, many flowered, loose;

primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence.

terminal solitary flowers;

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

variously pedicellate;

bracteoles membranous;

tepals greenish to pale brown, lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm;

inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, usually slightly shorter, margins scarious to clear, acutish;

stamens 6, filaments 0.3–0.9 mm, anthers 1–2.5 mm;

style 1–1.5 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.

dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth.

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

dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm.

ovoid to globose, 0.3–0.5 mm.

= ca. 38.