Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched proximally and basally, glabrous.

erect, branched or below ground level, glabrous or scabrous.

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.

fugacious;

ocrea margins ciliate;

blade linear, (3.5–)7–19(–28) × 0.2–0.5(–0.7) mm, base barely tapered, margins not hyaline, apex acuminate, minutely scabrous.

(7–)18–30(–60) mm;

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

(10–)14–22(–30) 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.

spreading to reflexed in anthesis, sharply reflexed in fruit, 0.3–0.6 mm, as long or 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.

bisexual or pistillate;

outer tepals loosely appressed in anthesis and fruit, white to pinkish, distal portion of midrib often inconspicuously greenish, narrowly oblong, 0.7–1.5 mm in anthesis, margins entire;

inner tepals loosely appressed in anthesis and fruit, white to pinkish, narrowly oblong, 0.8–1.5 mm in anthesis, margins entire;

filaments dimorphic, pubescent basally;

anthers deep red;

styles and stigmas ca 0.1 mm in anthesis.

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

exserted, reddish brown to yellow-brown, 3-gonous, 2.2–2.8 × 0.5–0.7 mm, shiny, smooth.

= 36.

= 22.