Inflorescence a subterminal , ascending to erect raceme , often branched ; peduncle usually well developed ; bracts persistent , scarious .
花序一近顶生,总状花序上升到直立,通常分枝;通常的花序梗发育良好;苞片宿存,干膜质。
Female flowers : perianth lobes free or connate , usually enlarged in fruit and persistent , occasionally absent ; staminodes scarious , opposite to the perianth lobes , or absent .
雌花:花被裂片离生或合生,通常在果期扩大并宿存,偶尔无;退化雄蕊干膜质,与花被裂片对生,或者无。
Fruit a utricle ; pericarp thin , scarious , indehiscent .
果一胞果;果皮薄,干膜质,不裂。
Stems simple or laxly caespitose , erect ; bracts scarious ; calyx white membranous between veins .
茎浓密的丛生,上升;苞片叶状;花萼在脉之间不是白色膜质。
Any thin , flat , scarious structure .
任何薄而扁平的膜质结构。
Inflorescence a cymose cluster , axillary or terminal ; bracts scarious .