Glischrocaryon aureum (Lindl.) Orchard

Herb 25–75 cm tall. Stems 1–4 mm diam. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate; lamina 6–60 mm long. Inflorescence of 2–6 dichasia of 7–31 flowers; bracts oblanceolate to obovate, 8–12 mm long, often adnate to peduncle of dichasium, green; bracteoles similar but 1.5–6 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, yellow. Sepals 0.6–0.9 mm long. Petals hooded, 2–4 mm long; tip not reflexed in bud. Stamens 8. Ovary pyriform, 1.7–4 mm long; wings 4, decurrent in sepals and pedicel; styles 0.8–1 mm long; stigmas yellow. Fruit ovoid to obovoid or pyriform, 7.5–11.5 mm long, yellow or reddish; wings 4, 2–3.5 mm wide; sepals enlarged in fruit.