Flora of North America species comparison

dense, proximalmost pedicels sometimes bearing 2–few flowers, to 20 cm;

peduncle to 5(–8) cm;

pedicel 2–4 mm.

spikes or spikelike, surpassing subtending leaves, to 30 cm;

peduncle to 10 cm;

pedicel 0.5–2 mm.

sepals 5, white or pink to pale reddish, broadly elliptic, equal, to 3 × 2 mm;

stamens (8–)10–22(–30), usually in 2 whorls;

carpels mostly 6–10, connate;

ovary 6–10-loculed.

sepals 5, white to red, oblong to ovate, subequal, 2–3 × 1.2–2 mm;

stamens 7–12, in 1 whorl (rarely, partial 2d whorl present);

carpels 7–10, fully connate or sometimes connate only in proximal 1/2;

ovary 7–10-loculed.

purple-black, 7–8 mm diam.

green-brown becoming dark brown, 5–8 mm diam.

black, thickly lenticular, 2.5–3 mm, shiny.

black, thickly lenticular, 2.5–3.3 mm, shiny.

= 36.