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Perennial with spreading to decumbent, densely leafy stolons; roots thin. Leaves subrosulate to spirally arranged, broadly linear, flat, soft, apex pointed, tubular when young, soon splitting, margins narrowly membranous. Scape rigid, terete, with longitudinal grooves. Inflorescence a decompound dichasium, reduced in montane habitats, subtended by a short, leaf-like, basal bract. Flowers 6-10 in semi-globose capitula. Perianth segments unequal, outer aristate, inner shorter, acute, margins membranous. Stamens 6; anthers on very short filaments. Ovary ovoid, attenuate into a long, red style and 3 long, red, exserted stigmas 2 mm long. Capsule loculicidal, ovoid, rostrate, 2.5 mm long, shorter than perianth segments. Seeds oblong-globose.
Tufted, grass-like perennial, with leafy offsets. Stems 15-75 cm high, > leaves. Leaves 6-15 mm wide, flat, of thin texture, tapering gradually from the wide base to a small fine point, bluish-green, occasionally reddish-tinged near margins and tips; sheaths red. Inflorescence 10-26 cm long, open, with many spreading branches. Flowers in clusters of 3-12 at tips of branches, clusters ± 10 mm diam. Tepals 3.5-4.5 mm long, ± equal. Stamens 6. Capsules c. 3 mm long, < tepals, narrow, acute, dark brown.
Perennial herb with spreading to decumbent, densely leafy stolons. Flowers in dense to few-flowered capitula arranged in terminal panicles. Leaves broad, soft, flat, rosulate. Plants repent. Flowers dark.
Tufted perennial, 30-80 cm. Leaves strap-shaped, soft. Flowers in cymes, dark brown.
