Flora of North America species comparison

10–35(–50) cm, smooth.

flat, 10–30 cm × 1–3.5 mm.

spike 1, ovoid, 7–12 × 6–10 mm;

bracts 3–4, horizontal to slightly reflexed, flat, 2–20(–30) cm × 1–3 mm.

40–80, pale greenish or reddish brown, ovate, 3.5–4.5 × 1.2–1.3(–1.4) mm;

floral scales laterally 2(–5)-veined, elliptic, 1.8–3.2 × 1–1.6 mm, apex mucronate;

stamens 2–3;

anthers 0.8–1.1 mm;

style 1.8–2.2 mm;

stigmas 0.5–1 mm.

brown, sessile or stipitate, broadly ellipsoid, 1.5–1.8 × 0.8–1 mm, stipe, if present, to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, puncticulate.