Flora of North America species comparison

erect, simple or sparingly branched proximally, scabrous or, sometimes, glabrous proximally.

persistent;

ocrea margins ciliate;

blade linear to falcate, (10–)19–36(–50) × (0.6–)1–1.5(–3) mm, base tapered, margins not hyaline, apex acuminate, minutely scabrous.

(5–)10–24(–30) mm;

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

spreading in anthesis and fruit, 0.1–0.7 mm, as long as or much longer than subtending ocreola.

bisexual or some pistillate, these usually distal;

outer tepals loosely appressed in anthesis and fruit, pink with white margins, often drying orange, ovate, 1.1–2.3 mm in anthesis, margins erose;

inner and transitional tepals loosely appressed in anthesis and fruit, pink with white margins, often drying orange, oblong, 1.2–2.2 mm in anthesis, margins deeply fringed;

filaments monomorphic;

anthers pink;

styles and stigmas 0.6–1.3 mm in anthesis.

included or exserted, yellow-brown, 3-gonous, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm, shiny and smooth proximally, dull to shiny and minutely roughened distally.