Fruit remains sessile on the flower stalk. Leaves are wide and are sometimes longer than the flower stalk. But they differ is sizes of pedicel (flower stalk) and perianth tube. Therefore, their effects are primarily on stem, petiole and flower stalk tissues. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. One plant produces a few heads, each on a long flower stalk. It is unique in the genus for having a forked flower stalk. One plant can produce 1-5 flower heads, each on its own flower stalk. A reproductive rosette produces a single terminal flower stalk as much as tall. The green leaves are arranged in a flat "fan" from which the flower stalk emerges. The inflorescences are terminal or axillary; there are between 2 and 5 per flower stalk. The peduncle (the primary flower stalk) can be long or short. Its flower stalk can be used as a fire plow. The flower stalk is commonly used in dry flower arrangements. The flower stalk is initially positively phototropic and moves towards the light.