| 21. | The inflorescence contains hairy bracts in shades of yellow and orange.
 
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 | 22. | The inflorescence contains tubular reddish purple flowers with purplish bracts beneath.
 
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 | 23. | Each stem has a whorl of small bracts around the middle.
 
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 | 24. | At the top of the inflorescence is a tuft of bracts.
 
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 | 25. | Male flowers have three to five stamens surrounded by short bracts.
 
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 | 26. | The sepals / bracts are longer than those of the spikelets.
 
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 | 27. | The head is cylindrical, with purple bracts along the outside.
 
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 | 28. | The outer bracts are cream-coloured and linear in shape.
 
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 | 29. | The colored bracts will hang on a lot longer than the leaves.
 
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 | 30. | Flowers are violet with bright-red bracts and stems.
 
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