Flora of North America species comparison

horizontal, short.

conspicuous.

densely cespitose, 10–30(–35) cm.

not cespitose, decumbent, 10–20 cm.

short, slender.

basal blade green, 5–10 cm × 2–4 mm, firm, essentially glabrous;

cauline leaves 2–3, 3–7 cm × 3–5 mm.

basal leaves few, 2.5–15 cm × 4 mm, apex callous, pilose.

branches spreading less than 90°, lax;

proximal inflorescence bract leaflike, 0.8–1.5 cm;

bracts and bracteoles brown, clear at apex, margins strongly ciliate.

racemose;

glomerules 2–6, central glomerules sessile or all congested, not cylindric;

peduncles straight, divergent as much as 90°, to 3 cm;

proximal inflorescence bract dark, often purplish, leaflike.

single or in clusters of 2–3;

tepals dark brown, 1–2.5 mm, ± equal, apex acute, not reflexed;

anthers ± equaling filament length;

stigmas 5 times style length.

tepals dark reddish, shining, with wide clear margins and apex, (apex acuminate, midrib extending as awned tip), 3–3.5 mm;

outer and inner whorls equal;

anthers ca. 2–6 times filament length;

stigmas ± equal to style.

dark brown, ellipsoid, shorter than 2.5 mm, longer than tepals;

beak absent.

brown, shining, (usually lighter than tepals), conspicuously shorter than to nearly equal to tepals; (beak obvious).

light yellow-brown, lanceolate, narrowed at ends, 1.2 mm.

reddish, globose, 1–1.3 mm;

caruncle to 1/2 seed length.

= 24.

= 12.