Perennials, 30–200 cm (bases woody). Stems branched, pubescent. Leaves mostly opposite (alternate in vars. gracillima and texana); petioles 0–10 mm; blades
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forming ball or flat-topped mass; filament short, stout; anther linear to oblong-linear, extrorse, longitudinally dehiscent; connective apically elongate
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sepals 5, calyx radially or bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, lobes linear-oblong to elliptic or triangular; petals 5, corolla yellow to orange, white, purple
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conspicuously swollen; vascular-bundles 2, arranged laterally, ± round or oblong in cross-section. Blade linear to lanceolate or ovate, 1–2-pinnate-pinnatifid
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10–20+ cm across). Stems mostly subterranean (caudices relatively thick, branched; aerial stems essentially peduncles). Leaves mostly basal; alternate; petiolate;
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into sheath, petiolate (basal leaves) or sessile; blade 1-veined, linear or oblong to ovate, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, open cymes, dense bracteate
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aromatic when crushed (except M. inodora), oblanceolate, elliptic, obovate, or oblong-ovate, membranous or leathery, margins entire or serrate-denticulate, especially
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Association Shrubs, 0.5–5 m. Stems 1–100, often colonial, much branched. Leaves mostly or fully unfolded; petiole (3–) 6–13 (–22) mm; blade suborbiculate to oval
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nodes). Leaves cauline; mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); sessile; blades usually 1–3-nerved from near bases, oblong to elliptic or lanceolate
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Stems ascending to erect or prostrate, simple or branched, ± terete. Leaves mostly connate proximally, petiolate (M. cumberlandensis, M. godfreyi proximal
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rounded, margins entire to ± toothed; petiole present; blade oblanceolate-oblong in outline, 1–25 cm, foliaceous, leaflets 5–13 (–21), distinct, terminal
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branching, central strand absent or poorly developed. Leaves thick, consisting mostly of an expanded costa, distal part of leaf (limb) linear, ligulate or lanceolate
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ovate to oblong, 5–33 cm, membranous to slightly leathery, leaflets 0 or 7–17 (–19), usually opposite, rarely alternate, elliptic, ovate, oblong to lanceolate
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to erect, usually densely pubescent, rarely glabrate. Leaves alternate; mostly sessile or subsessile (petiole to 2 mm in H. ovatifolia); sometimes dimorphic
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ones united), not dilated basally; anthers usually linear to linear-oblong, rarely oblong or ovate, (sometimes apiculate, often circinately coiled after dehiscence);
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annual, caulescent, glabrous or glabrate, from fibrous-roots. Stems leafy, mostly at base, erect to decumbent, simple or branching. Leaves: basal rosulate
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spreading, recurved, or squarrose, ovate-acuminate, ovate-orbicular, oblong-lanceolate, oblong-ovate, or ovatelanceolate, concave; margins plane or rarely revolute
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> 31 30 Spikes short-oblong or cylindric, 3–4.5 mm wide; perigynia 2–2.5 mm; beak 0.2–0.25 mm. Carex stevenii 30 Spikes oblong or elongate, 5–6 mm wide;
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sparsely to moderately puberulent. Petals 4–9 mm, mostly widest proximal to apex sometimes nearly oblong, apex rounded to acute or acuminate, tips blunt
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faces. Paleae lanceolate to oblong, apices obtuse, faces glabrous. Ray-florets 10–18; corollas golden yellow, laminae mostly 2–4 cm × 6–13 mm. Disc-florets
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