Flora of North America species comparison

long- creeping.

densely branching.

erect, 2–5 mm diam.

1–20.

several.

1–3.

blade absent.

basal, 2–3;

auricles yellowish, 0.2–0.4 mm, leathery;

blade flat, 5–30 cm × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire, turned up, occasionally involute.

lateral, many flowered, loose;

primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence.

compact and few flowered to loose and lax with to 80 flowers, 1.5–5(–9) cm;

primary bract usually exceeding inflorescence.

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.

bracteoles 2;

tepals greenish, lanceolate, 4–5 mm;

inner series nearly equal, spreading in fruit, nearly equal to or exceeding capsule;

stamens 6, filaments 0.8–1.2 mm, anthers 0.6–1 mm;

style 0.2 mm.

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

tan, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid, 2.9–3.6 × 1.5–1.9 mm.

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

tan to amber, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.4–0.67 mm, not tailed.

= ca. 84.