gradually or occasionally abruptly reduced upward on stem, base of blade sheathing stem or narrowed to broad petiole over 7 mm wide, ascending to spreading
8 KB (704 words) - 05:22, 30 July 2020
Stems erect, rarely ascending, branched above base (occasionally with slender branches near base); branches straight or slightly arcuate. Leaves alternate;
6 KB (654 words) - 09:40, 30 July 2020
brown cells, base usually round to obtuse, occasionally subtruncate, margins ± sinuate, apex acute, occasionally obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, branched
7 KB (540 words) - 09:23, 30 July 2020
perennial, glabrous, with vertical rootstock. Stems usually erect, occasionally ascending, usually producing axillary shoots below 1st-order inflorescence
6 KB (741 words) - 10:06, 30 July 2020
leaves in 3–5 pairs, similar, but reduced distally; basal blades erect-ascending to arcuate-spreading, subulate or needlelike to filiform, (0.8–) 2–11 (–14)
10 KB (805 words) - 10:12, 30 July 2020
lateral or central, ascending or lax to decumbent, 39–47 cm × 0.8–2 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths light-brown; sheaths 6–22 mm; blades ascending, midrib and 2 lateral-veins
8 KB (749 words) - 02:07, 30 July 2020
later; branches ascending, unarmed. Leaf-blades elliptic, 2–6 × 2–5 cm, base rounded, occasionally pubsecent along veins, apex rounded to slightly retuse. Inflorescences:
5 KB (458 words) - 09:13, 30 July 2020
perennial, cespitose, occasionally solitary, 2–10 (–11) dm, base bulbous to nearly bulbous. Stems compact. Leaves erect to ascending, 10–50 cm; sheaths pinkish
7 KB (537 words) - 00:53, 30 July 2020
Leaves spreading or ascending; petiole 0.1–2.2 (–5) cm; blade broadly deltate or ovate, 2–5 (–8) × 1.7–7 (–12) cm, fleshy to slightly succulent, base rounded
5 KB (518 words) - 09:44, 30 July 2020
or slightly beyond green apex. Flowers: tepals pale blue to light bluish violet, bases yellow; outer tepals 9–15 mm, apex truncate to occasionally rounded
7 KB (531 words) - 06:05, 30 July 2020
erect, ascending, or occasionally decumbent, rarely rooting at nodes. Stems often much branched distally, 15–60 cm; internodes not at all to slightly glaucous
6 KB (442 words) - 00:52, 30 July 2020
[rarely appearing annual], sometimes slightly woody at base; taproot fusiform, woody. Stems decumbent, ascending, or erect, usually profusely branched
9 KB (810 words) - 09:17, 30 July 2020
perennial, glabrous, with vertical rootstock, occasionally with short-creeping rhizomes. Stems ascending or erect, usually producing axillary shoots below
9 KB (912 words) - 10:06, 30 July 2020
glabrous, with vertical rootstock and/or creeping rhizomes. Stems erect or ascending, several from base, branched in distal 1/2 (in inflorescence), 10–40 (–45)
12 KB (1,374 words) - 10:05, 30 July 2020
sheaths tight, hyaline band of adaxial face with apex truncate, concave, or slightly convex, elongate to 1.3 mm beyond apex; ligules 4–4.9 (–9.6) mm; blades
10 KB (844 words) - 02:09, 30 July 2020
shorter to slightly longer than perigynia, less than or equal in width, margin white, 0–0.2 mm wide, apex obtuse to awned. Perigynia ascending, green or
8 KB (728 words) - 01:55, 30 July 2020
cross-section, 1.5–3+ dm, thick, glabrous. Bracts sessile or subsessile (occasionally weakly cuneate basally); blade dark green with maroon overtones early
10 KB (862 words) - 05:19, 30 July 2020
sometimes hairy. Panicles 7-13.5 cm, open; branches erect, ascending and appressed to slightly spreading. Spikelets 20-40 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, terete
7 KB (804 words) - 02:53, 30 July 2020
perennial, glabrous, with vertical rootstock. Stems procumbent, occasionally ascending, usually producing axillary shoots below 1st-order inflorescence
7 KB (709 words) - 10:06, 30 July 2020
annual; taproot tapered, soft or ± woody. Stems usually erect or ascending, occasionally decumbent, branched several times, primarily distally, 3–6 dm, minutely
7 KB (551 words) - 09:21, 30 July 2020