General:
Perennial herb from long creeping rhizomes; stems slightly compressed, 20-60 cm long.

Leaves:
Mostly basal but 1 to 3 from the lower parts of the stem, flat, soft, 1.5-3 mm wide, 10-30 cm long, lacking cross-walls.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of 1 to 5 heads at the top of the stem, each of them with 3 to 10 flowers, the flowers lacking involucral bractlets; perianth segments pale brown with green midribs, largely translucent-margined, 5-6 mm long, lanceolate, the outer segments slightly shorter than the inner ones; stamens 6, anthers 1.2-2 mm long, longer than the filaments; involucral bract shorter than the inflorescence.

Fruits:
Capsules, cylindrical to egg-shaped, notched, shorter than the perianth; seeds lopsided egg-shaped, 0.4-0.6 mm long, tail-like appendages lacking.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
Green

Blooming Period:
Early Summer

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the Summer

Source:  The USDA