Flora of North America species comparison

horizontal, stout.

loosely cespitose, light green, 15–25 cm.

15–48 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 leaf sheaths bluish green;

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

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.

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

anthers equal to or exceeding filaments.

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

anthers ± equaling filament length.

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

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

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

caruncle barely visible.

brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.1–1.2 mm;

caruncle absent.

= 36.

= 24.