Flora of North America species comparison

1–8, 0.3–0.5 mm diam.

to 100.

1–2.

basal, 2–4;

auricles slightly prolonged, rounded, scarious to ± leathery;

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

to 2.5 cm × 0.1–0.3 mm.

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

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

terminal clusters, each with 1–4 flowers;

bracts subtending inflorescence 2–5, ovate to lanceolate, inconspicuous, 1–2.5 mm, membranous, apex acute to obtuse.

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.

3-merous;

: tepals dark reddish brown, 2–3.2 × 0.4–1 mm, margins unpigmented;

inner series nearly equal to or slightly shorter than outer series, acute to acuminate;

stamens 3, filaments 0.7–1.3 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm;

style 0.2–0.5 mm, stigma 0.4–1.3 mm.

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

dark reddish, 3-locular, obovoid to ellipsoid, nearly equal to tepals, 1.8–2.9 × 1.2–1.6 mm.

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

ovoid, 0.4–0.55 mm, apiculate.

= 17.