Flora of North America species comparison

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

peduncle to 10 cm;

pedicel 0.5–2 mm.

axillary or terminal spikes or spikelike, equaling or shorter than subtending leaves, to 14 cm;

peduncle to 3 cm;

pedicel absent or to 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 pinkish or reddish, oblong to ovate, subequal, 2–3 × 1.2–2 mm;

stamens (7–)8–10, in 1 whorl;

carpels 7–10, connate;

ovary 7–10-loculed.

purple-black, 7–8 mm diam.

greenish, 4.5–6 mm diam.

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

black, lenticular, 2 mm, shiny.