One needle; cones 2 to 4 inches long; a three-lobed bract projects from beneath each scale of the cone, a very distinctive character; common at middle elevations.
"Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park"
United States Dept. of the Interior
Staminate: By 3's in the axil of each bract; perianth, 3 or 5 deeply cut, lanceolate lobules; stamens 15-25, free, inserted in the center of the flower.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Flowers compound in axillary spikes, which bear the flowerets in 2 ranks, each flower with a keeled bract.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera