Flora of North America species comparison

leaves spatulate to broad-spatulate, 0.8–1.5(–2) mm, strongly lacerate across the broad apex and often part way down the margins, border scarcely to strongly broadened at base (0.25 width of base or less);

hyaline cells rhomboid, efibrillose and often 1–2-septate.

leaves lingulate, 1–1.2 mm, apex entire to somewhat erose;

hyaline cells non-septate;

fibrillose and porose in apical region.

not 5-ranked, quite terete, long, and slender Branch fascicles with 1– 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.

slender with small spreading leaves.

ovate to ovate-lanceolate; 1.1–1.5(–2) mm, slightly concave, straight;

apex involute;

margins entire;

hyaline cells on convex surface with numerous pores along the commissures grading from small pores near leaf apex to large pores at base, concave surface with large round pores at leaf apex and along margins.

ovate-lanceolate, 1.4–1.6 mm, straight to slightly subsecund, weakly undulate, often recurved in capitulum branches;

hyaline cells on convex surface with up to 5 small round faint pores per cell in the basal portion of the cell and free from the cell margins, concave surface aporose.

often monoicous.

unknown.

not seen.

20–27 µm, finely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

not seen.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 2 pendent branches.