Flora of North America species comparison

short to long-running, thick.

loosely cespitose, light green, 15–25 cm.

cespitose, 15–50 cm.

sheaths dull brown-gray at base, becoming green distally, throats hairless;

basal leaves flat toward base, channeled toward apex, 4–16 cm × 3–8 mm, apex abruptly pointed, callous, glabrous.

basal blade flat, apex involute?? revolute??, mostly glabrous;

cauline leaves 3–5, 2–6 cm × 3–10 mm.

asymmetric in appearance;

glomerules (1–)2–5, central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile, 3–9 × 2.5–6 mm;

capillary branches 2–8, arched in 1 direction, to 3.5 cm;

proximal inflorescence bract bladeless.

anthelate;

branches spreading less than 90°, lax;

proximal bracts much shorter than inflorescence;

bracts brownish, clear toward apex, margins lacerate;

bracteoles light brown, 1/2 length of tepals, margins dentate.

tepals brownish translucent (apex lacerate to entire), 2–3 mm, apex lacerate to entire;

anthers equal to or exceeding filaments.

solitary or in pairs;

tepals reddish to dark brown, nearly equal, 2.5–3.5 mm, apex acute, not reflexed;

anthers 3 times filament length;

stigmas 2 times style length.

light chestnut brown, broadly 3-angled, shorter than tepals.

blackish, ovoid, 2.5–3.5 mm;

beak to 1 mm.

most failing to mature, brown (with few hairs present), 3-angled, 0.9–1.1 mm, few hairs present;

caruncle barely visible.

dark brown, 1.2–1.8 mm;

caruncle barely visible.

= 36.