Flora of North America species comparison

densely cespitose, 5-20 cm.

sheaths brown to straw-colored;

basal leaves to 10 cm × 4 mm;

cauline leaves usually 2, reduced.

glomerules 1-3, sessile;

proximal inflorescence bract inconspicuous, brown, much shorter to ± equaling inflorescence, apex often clear, dentate;

bracts deep brown, margins dentate;

bracteoles deep brown, margins dentate.

tepals deep brown with narrow clear margins and apex, 1.7-2.1 mm;

anthers ± equaling filament length.

dark reddish to blackish, shining, spheric, 1.8-2.1 mm, usually exceeding tepals.

translucent, clear brown, broadly elliptic, with few entangled hairs, 1-1.2 mm.

= 24.