Empalement common, quite simple, one leaf, tubular, oblong, five-sided, five-toothed.
Blossom, compound raised; hermaphrodite florets tubular, numerous in an elevated center; females tongue-shaped five in the circumference.
Proper of the Hermaphrodites, tubular, half five-cleft, upright, longer than the cup; segments linear, hairy within.
Of the Females tongue-shaped longer than the hermaphrodites, of nearly the same length and breadth, very blunt, narrower towards the tube, downy, remaining.
Chives of the Hermaphrodites; five threads, hair-like, very short. Tip cylindric, tubular.
Pointal of the Hermaphrodites; seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit two-cleft, slender, reflexed.
Of the Females; seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the hermaphrodite. Summit two-cleft, slender, reflexed.
Seed-vessel none. Cup unchanged.
Seeds of the Hermaphrodites solitary, linear, flat, a little shorter than the cup. Feather five awns, upright, tapered, unequal.
Of the Females like the hermaphrodites.