Flora of North America species comparison

short, densely branched.

1–8, 0.3–0.5 mm diam.

1–30.

1–2.

1–2.

basal, 2–4;

auricles slightly prolonged, rounded, scarious to ± leathery;

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

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.

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

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

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

primary bract usually surpassing 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 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.

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

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.

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

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

= ca. 80.