Thesium acuminatum A.W.Hill

Root-stock slender, erect, subterete, about 1 3/4 lin. thick; stems numerous from the apex of the rootstock, spreading or ascending, subterete, glabrous; leaves acicular, acute, 1/3-1 in. long, subterete, glabrous; flowers in rather dense terminal clusters; bracts triangular-lanceolate, acute, fleshy, 1-1 1/2 lin. long, glabrous; bracteoles about half the length of the flowers; perianth-segments 3/4 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, with long acicular points, with a densely adpressed beard in the lower part; anthers included in and at the base of the perianth-tube, 1/4 lin. long; style 1/8 lin. long; fruits ovoid-globose, about 2 lin. long including the long persistent perianth, rather faintly ribbed and reticulate.