Flora of North America species comparison

short.

similar to stolons.

cespitose, 15–30(–35) cm.

loosely cespitose, 10–40 cm × width3–5 mm.

to 6 cm, scale leaves present.

sheath throat acutely angled, pilose;

basal leaf blade 5–10 cm × 3–8 mm, apex short acuminate, mostly glabrous;

cauline leaves (1–)2–4, 3–5 cm × 2–4 mm.

sheaths reddish, throat pilose;

blade sparsely pubescent;

basal leaves 32 cm × 12 mm;

cauline leaves 2–4, 2–4 cm × 2–5 mm.

anthelate, few flowered;

main branches generally 2–4, spreading less than 90°, lax, usually arching;

proximal inflorescence bract 1 cm or less;

bracts and bracteoles brown;

margins with long curly cilia.

cymose, not rarely branching or often branching to 6 cm;

proximal inflorescence bract 1/2–2/3 inflorescence length;

bracts straw-colored, apex truncate, lacerate, glabrous or pubescent;

bracteoles lance-ovate, 1/3–1/2 tepal length;

pedicels single or paired, erect to spreading, 1–4 cm.

solitary on short pedicels;

tepals dark purplish brown (margins finely lacerate toward apex), 2–2.5 mm, margins finely lacerate toward apex, apex acute, not reflexed;

anthers ± equaling filament length;

stigmas 2 times style length.

tepals pale to dark brown, 3–4.5 mm, margins entire, clear;

anthers 2 times filament length;

stigmas ± equaling style length.

dark brown, less than 2.5 mm, slightly longer than tepals;

beak absent.

green to straw-colored, exceeding tepals;

beak a mucro;

valves widely spreading upon splitting.

dark reddish brown, cylindric, 1.2–1.6 mm;

caruncle essentially absent.

reddish to brown, 1–1.5 mm;

caruncle curved, ± equaling length of seed body.

= 24.

= 48.