Flora of North America species comparison

absent.

present.

compressed, without spots, 10–135 cm;

glands green, greenish brown, or gold, to 0.7 mm diam.

terete, with red spots, 7–75 cm;

nodal glands absent.

terminal or lateral, common, 1.5–5 cm × 1.5–4 mm, soft;

leaves ± 4-ranked;

outer leaves 2–3 per side, base corrugate, apex apiculate to acute;

inner leaves reduced, arranged into fan-shaped structure and oriented at 90° angles to outer leaves.

absent.

submersed, ± spirally arranged, delicate to rigid, sessile;

stipules not persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, white, not ligulate, 0.55–2.1 cm, fibrous, coarse, shredding at tip, apex obtuse;

blade light green, rarely olive-green to.somewhat reddish, linear, not arcuate, 2.3–6.5 cm × 1.2–3.2 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute to apiculate, lacunae absent or 1 narrow row each side of midrib;

veins 5–7(–9).

both submersed and floating, ± spirally arranged.

petioles continuous in color to apex, 3.2–7.5 cm;

blade adaxially light to dark green, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, (1.5–)2–4(–5.5) cm × 10–20(–30) mm, base rounded or tapering, apex acute;

veins (7–)9–19(–23).

sessile, lax;

stipules persistent, conspicuous, convolute, free from blade, whitish, not ligulate, 1–3 cm, delicately fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex obtuse;

blade pale green, linear to phyllodial, not arcuate, 5–16 cm × (0.25–)0.3–1 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex acute, not hoodlike, lacunae absent, setaceous;

veins 3.

unbranched, emersed;

peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or axillary, erect or rarely recurved, slightly clavate, 1.2–4.1(–7) cm;

spike not dimorphic, cylindric, 7–16 mm.

unbranched, emersed;

peduncles not dimorphic, terminal, ascending to spreading, cylindric, 2.5–8 cm;

spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 10–35 mm.

sessile, olive-green to brown, obovoid, turgid, not abaxially or laterally keeled, 1.8–2.5 × 1.2–2 mm;

beak erect, 0.3–0.7 mm;

sides without basal tubercles;

embryo with 1 full spiral.

sessile, greenish brown, obovoid, turgid, abaxially keeled, laterally keeled, 2.5–3.5(–3.7) × (1.6–)2–2.4 mm, lateral keels without points;

beak erect, 0.4–0.8 mm;

sides without basal tubercles;

embryo with 1 full spiral.

apparently unknown.

= 26.