Flora of North America species comparison

short.

short, stocky.

cespitose, 15–30(–35) cm.

cespitose, 8–40 cm ×1 mm, base thickened, glabrous.

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.

basal leaves to 13 cm;

cauline leaves 1–3, mostly less than 5 cm × 5–10 mm, apex involute, glabrous.

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.

compact, irregular in shape;

glomerules 6–10, sessile;

branches few or none;

proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, leaflike, lanceolate, equal to or exceeding inflorescences;

bracteoles clear, 1/2 tepal length.

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 shining brown, with thin clear margins, 1.5–2 mm;

outer and inner whorls nearly equal, (outer whorl slightly keeled);

anthers longer than filaments;

stigmas much longer than styles.

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

beak absent.

deep purplish brown at maturity, globose (apex rounded), ± equaling tepals, apex rounded.

dark reddish brown, cylindric, 1.2–1.6 mm;

caruncle essentially absent.

brown, cylindric, 1.3 mm;

caruncle absent.

= 24.