Flora of North America species comparison

similar to stolons.

loosely cespitose, 10–40 cm × width3–5 mm.

cespitose, 10–40 cm.

to 6 cm, scale leaves present.

absent.

sheaths reddish, throat pilose;

blade sparsely pubescent;

basal leaves 32 cm × 12 mm;

cauline leaves 2–4, 2–4 cm × 2–5 mm.

sheath throats with long, soft, wavy hairs;

basal leaves 5–15 cm × 3–7 mm, margins with long, soft, wavy hairs, apex callous.

cymose, not rarely branching or often branching to 6 cm;

proximal inflorescence bract 1/2–2/3 inflorescence length;

bracts straw-colored, apex truncate, lacerate, glabrous or pubescent;

bracteoles lance-ovate, 1/3–1/2 tepal length;

pedicels single or paired, erect to spreading, 1–4 cm.

umbellate or sessile glomerules, 5–15 × 5–7 mm;

glomerules 1–6, spheric to nearly cylindric;

branches straight, divergent by as much as 90°, 0.5–5 cm;

proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, shorter than to much longer than inflorescence;

bracts clear, margins nearly entire to lacerate;

bracteoles clear, margins ciliate, especially in distal half.

tepals pale to dark brown, 3–4.5 mm, margins entire, clear;

anthers 2 times filament length;

stigmas ± equaling style length.

tepals dark brown to pale with clear margins, 2–5 mm;

outer whorl often longer than inner whorl;

anthers much exceeding to shorter than filaments.

green to straw-colored, exceeding tepals;

beak a mucro;

valves widely spreading upon splitting.

greenish to dark brown, spheric, equal to or much shorter than tepals.

reddish to brown, 1–1.5 mm;

caruncle curved, ± equaling length of seed body.

red-brown to brown, cylindric, 1–1.5 mm;

caruncle 0.3–0.8 mm.

= 48.

= 12, 24.