Leaves 1–2.6 cm long, 1-veined, glabrous; lamina linear, flattened, c. 0.2 mm wide. Cataphyll usually absent, rarely 1–3 mm long, acute. Scape straight, 1.5–3.5 cm long. Spike patent, asymmetric, lanceolate-oblong, 2.5–5 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, becoming loose. Primary bract 1, erect, ovate, long-acuminate, 3–4 mm long, glabrous, enclosing 1 or 2 male flowers and often 1 female flower. Distal bracts 4–8, ovate-cymbiform, obtuse, 0.8–1.6 mm long, each enclosing 1 female flower; dorsally rounded, uniformly pilose; margins broad, ciliolate. Secondary bract subtending stamen ovate, 1.5–2 mm long. Anthers 0.6–0.7 mm long. Secondary bract subtending female flower lacking. Seed 0.7–0.9 mm long.
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