Flora of North America species comparison

thickened.

horizontal, stout.

cespitose, 9–35 cm.

15–48 cm.

basal leaves 6–11.5 cm × 1.5–4 mm, apex not callous, sparingly ciliate.

basal leaf sheaths bluish green;

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

umbellate-paniculate;

glomerules 4–30 (each with 9–24 flowers), central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile, cylindric, 6–10 × 4 mm;

branches straight, erect, to 3 cm;

proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, leaflike, equal to much longer than inflorescence;

bracts clear, sometimes variegated with purple;

bracteole margins dentate to lacerate.

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 clear to straw-colored throughout or centers brown with clear margins and apex, 1.5–2.6 mm;

outer whorl exceeding inner whorl, (outer whorl apex awned);

anthers equaling to 1.5 times filament length.

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

anthers ± equaling filament length.

light or dark reddish, shining, spheric, usually equaling inner tepal whorl.

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

translucent brown, ellipsoid, 0.7–1 mm;

caruncle 0.2–0.3 mm.

brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.1–1.2 mm;

caruncle absent.

= 12.

= 24.