Flora of North America species comparison

long- creeping.

short, densely branched.

erect, 2–5 mm diam.

1–30.

several.

1–2.

blade absent.

basal, (1–)2–3;

auricles (0.2–)0.4–0.6 (–0.8) mm, scarious, rarely ± leathery;

;

blade dark green, nearly terete, 5–30 cm × 0.4–0.8 mm, margins entire.

lateral, many flowered, loose;

primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence.

terminal, 5–50-flowered, usually congested, 1–8 cm;

primary bract usually surpassing 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 dark green or darker, lanceolate, 2.5–4.2 mm;

outer and inner series nearly equal, apex acute;

stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.8 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm;

style 0.2 mm.

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

chestnut brown or dark brown, infrequently lighter, 3-locular, ellipsoid, (2.5–)2.9–3.5(–4) × (1.1–)1.5–1.8 mm, slightly exceeding tepals, apex somewhat truncate.

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

dark tan, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.48–0.65–(0.7) mm, not tailed.

= ca. 80.