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Perennial; rhizomes slender, creeping.
Stem: simple, glabrous.
Leaf: mostly basal, along rhizome, linear, grass-like, densely overlapped, cauline reduced.
Inflorescence: raceme.
Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, erect in age, lance- linear; stamens 6, epipetalous, filaments densely hairy, anthers attached near middle; ovary superior, shallowly 3-lobed, chambers 3, style minutely 3-lobed.
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal, weakly 3-lobed.
Seed: many, bristle-tipped at both ends, pale yellow to brown.
5 or 6 genera, 17–29 species: generally n temperate. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Previous taxon: Xerophyllum tenax
Next taxon: Narthecium
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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