Flora of North America species comparison

horizontal, stout.

densely cespitose, 5-20 cm.

15–48 cm.

sheaths brown to straw-colored;

basal leaves to 10 cm × 4 mm;

cauline leaves usually 2, reduced.

basal leaf sheaths bluish green;

basal leaves bluish green, abruptly tapered, less than 19 cm × 3–5 mm, apex long.

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.

with glomerules crowded at ends of uneven peduncles;

glomerules each with 3–12 flowers, central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile;

peduncles arching in all directions;

proximal inflorescence bract inconspicuous, 2–3 cm;

bracteoles clear, margins ciliate.

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

anthers ± equaling filament length.

tepals pale to dark brown (apex acute), 1.5–2 mm, apex acute;

anthers ± equaling filament length.

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

pale to dark brown-purple, shorter than tepals; (beak short).

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

brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.1–1.2 mm;

caruncle absent.

= 24.

= 24.