Flora of North America species comparison

2–15 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm.

0.5–5 cm × 0.2–0.3 mm.

1–6 cm × 0.4–0.6 mm.

0.5–3 cm × 0.5–1 mm.

spikes 1–2, ovoid (to globose), 1–5(–8) × 1–2.5 mm;

bracts 1–2, longest erect, 1–3.5 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm.

spikes 1(–2), globose (to ovoid), 2–3 × 1.5–3 mm, bristly;

bracts 2–3, 0.4–2 cm  0.3–0.6 mm.

floral scales 2; 1st scale light brown to reddish brown, with greenish midvein, obtrullate to rhomboid, 0.9–1.6 × 0.3–0.6 mm, widest at mid length, long-acuminate, curving outward; 2d scale oblong, veinless (occasionally 2–4 reddish veins), 0.5–0.8 × 0.2 mm; 3d scale absent;

stamens 1;

anthers 0.2 mm;

stigmas 2.

floral scales 2; 1st scale narrowly obovate, 1.8–2.8 × 0.2–0.4 mm, widest proximal to mid length, apex long-acuminate, to 0.6–1.4 mm; 2d scale oblong, 0.6–0.8 × 0.2–0.3 mm; 3d scale absent;

stamen 1;

anther 0.2 mm;

stigmas 2.

obovoid to terete, 0.5–0.8 × 0.25–0.35 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide.

obovoid, 0.5–0.8 × 0.3 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide.