Flora of North America species comparison

sometimes spaced to 3 cm apart, (5–)12–25(–55) cm, smooth.

5–35 cm, smooth.

flat, 2–21 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm.

flat, 5–30 cm × 1.5–2 mm.

spikes 1–3, 4–7 × 4 mm;

bracts 3–4, longest ± erect, others ascending to horizontal, flat, 1.5–18 cm × 1–3.3 mm.

spike 1, subglobose, 6–10 mm diam.;

bracts 3–4, horizontal to slightly reflexed, flat, 1–6 cm × 1–2 mm.

(20–)40–60(–100), pale greenish or reddish brown, ovate, (2.2–)2.5–2.8(–3.2) × (0.6–)0.7–0.8(–1.2) mm;

floral scales laterally 2–3-veined, elliptic to ovate, 1.8–3 × (0.8–)1.1–1.6 mm, midvein not winged, apex mucronate;

stamens (1–)2;

anthers 0.8–1.1 mm;

style 0.6–1.2 mm;

stigmas 0.5–1.5 mm.

50–70(–100), stipitate, ovate, 2.5–4 × 2–3 mm;

floral scales dull greenish white to stramineous, midvein with laciniate keel ± as long as scale, 1 mm wide, laterally 2-veined, ovate, 2.2–3.8 × 2 mm, acuminate;

stamens (1–)2;

anthers 2 mm;

style 1 mm;

stigmas 1.5–2 mm.

brown, substipitate or stipitate, ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, 1–1.2(–1.3) × 0.6–0.8 mm, stipe, if present, 0.1–0.2 mm, apex obtuse to subtruncate, apiculate, papillate.

chestnut brown to purplish brown, ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1.2 mm, base sessile, apex apiculate, puncticulate.