Flora of North America species comparison

densely branched.

1–8, 0.3–0.5 mm diam.

(1–)5–15(–25).

1–2.

1–3.

basal, 2–4;

auricles slightly prolonged, rounded, scarious to ± leathery;

blade deeply channeled, 2–10 cm, mostly shorter than culms.

basal, 2–4;

auricles 0.3–0.7 mm, apex usually rounded, scarious to membranaceous;

blade flat, 3–15 cm × 0.4–1 mm, margins entire.

solitary heads, each with 2–3(–50) flowers;

primary bracts brownish, nearly equal to or slightly shorter thanabout equaling inflorescence.

3–25-flowered, congested, 1–2.5 × 1–2 cm;

primary bract usually exceeding inflorescence.

tepals pale brown or darker, oblong-lanceolate, 3–5 mm, outer and inner series nearly equal;

stamens 6, filaments 2.5–4 mm, anthers 0.6–1 mm;

styles 0.5–0.8 mm.

not secund;: bracteoles 2;

tepals dark green to blackish, usually with brownish midstripe, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 3.5–4.3 mm, margins clear;

outer and inner series nearly equal;

stamens 6, filaments 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm;

style 0.1 mm.

tan, pseudo-3-locular, 3-gonous–cylindric, apex obtuse, mucronate.

tan or darker, 3-locular, nearly globose to widely obvoid, 2.5–3.5 × 1.3–1.8 mm, shorter than perianth.

tan or darker, fusiform, body 0.5–1 mm, tails 0.6–1 mm.

yellowish, obovoid to ellipsioid, 0.4–0.5 mm, not tailed.

= 80.