| Around these reproductive organs is the perianth, usually consisting of an outer whorl of sepals and an inner whorl of petals. |
| The sepals are obtuse to rounded, but never retuse as in some plants of L. racemulosa. |
| The protuberances remain small during initiation of the first sepals, and they disappear completely in the course of floral development. |
| Fruits of this species are glabrous achenes, with sepals modified into plumose bristles and are frequently wind-dispersed. |
| Flower coloration is mostly tan, with some external dark brown longitudinal stripes on the sepals and lateral petals. |
| Instead of leaves, a floral meristem gives rise in sequence to sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. |
