1	"Bracts 3-5 cm long, each with a sharp terminal spine 1.5-3.5 cm long"	"Blepharis ciliaris"
1	"Bracts up to 2.5 cm long, each with terminal spine or bristle up to 1 cm long"	2
2	"Leaves linear-oblong, 2-4 mm wide; inflorescences terminal, many flowered spikes 2-9 cm long"	"Blepharis sindica"
2	"Leaves elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, 1-2.3 (-3) cm wide; inflorescence axillary clusters of 2-3 flowers, 1-1.5 cm long"	"Blepharis maderaspatensis"