Flora of North America species comparison

densely branching.

1–8, 0.3–0.5 mm diam.

1–20.

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, 2–3;

auricles yellowish, 0.2–0.4 mm, leathery;

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

= ca. 84.