Flora of North America species comparison

absent.

absent.

compressed-filiform, without spots, to 50 cm;

glands green, golden brown to dark brown, 0.2–0.6 mm diam.

terete to slightly compressed, without spots, to 57 cm;

glands white to gold, 0.2–0.3 mm diam.

terminal or lateral, uncommon, 3.7–9.9 × 2.6–6 cm, soft to hard;

leaves flattened with outer and inner leaves in same plane;

outer leaves 1–2 per side, base not corrugate, apex apiculate;

inner leaves undifferentiated or rolled into hardened, fusiform structure.

unknown.

submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, rigid;

stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, brown or rarely white, not ligulate, 0.9–2.1 cm, slightly fibrous, partially shredding at tip, apex obtuse;

blade somewhat reddish to olive-green, linear, not arcuate, 1.5–10 cm × 1.2–2.9 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, cuspidate to bristle-tipped, lacunae present or absent, in 0–3 rows each side of midvein;

veins 3–9(–13).

submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, delicate;

stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, brown, not ligulate, to 0.62 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex obtuse;

blade green, linear, not arcuate, 3.2–7.8 cm × 0.7–1.7 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute, lacunae rarely absent, in 0–4 rows each side of midrib;

veins 3(–5).

unbranched, emersed;

peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or occasionally axillary, erect or rarely recurved, slightly clavate, 1–3 cm;

spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 5–11 mm.

unbranched, emersed;

peduncles not dimorphic, axillary or terminal, erect, cylindric, 3.2–4.8 cm;

spike not dimorphic, capitate to cylindric, 5.5–7.5 mm.

sessile, dark green, orbicular, turgid, abaxial keel obscure, lateral keels obscure or absent, 2.5–3 × 2.2–3 mm, lateral keels if present without points;

beak erect, 0.5 mm;

sides without basal tubercles;

embryo with 1 full spiral.

sessile, brown to yellow-green, obovoid, compressed, abaxially and laterally keeled, 2–2.2 × 1.7–1.8 mm, lateral keels without points;

beak erect, 0.5–0.6 mm;

sides with 1–3 tubercules near base;

embryo with 1 full spiral.

unknownnot available.