Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched proximally and basally, glabrous.

persistent;

ocrea margins not ciliate;

blade linear to spatulate, (4–)5–12(–19) × 0.5–0.9(–1.2) mm, base barely tapered, margins not hyaline, apex obtuse to acute, often erose, glabrous.

(7–)18–30(–60) mm;

ocreola encircling rachis, only the base adnate to rachis, apex acuminate.

spreading in anthesis and fruit, 0.4–2.3 mm, usually much longer than subtending ocreola.

bisexual;

outer tepals sharply reflexed early in anthesis and in fruit, white to pink, elliptic to ovate, 1.2–2.2 mm in anthesis, margins erose;

inner tepals loosely appressed in anthesis and fruit, white to pink, ovate to suborbiculate, 1.7–2.9 mm in anthesis, margins erose;

filaments dimorphic;

anthers yellow or pink;

styles and stigmas 0.5–1 mm in anthesis.

included, reddish brown, 3(–4)-gonous, 2.5–4 × 1.3–2.3 mm, shiny, smooth.

= 36.