KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CATOPSIS

1Plant to 45 cm tall (but often less than 35 cm); leaves triangular-acute or acuminate; lower scape bracts with foliaceous blades and densely imbricate; sepals 0.8-l.l cm long; coma golden-brown.
1'Plant to ca. 25 cm tall; leaves broadly rounded and apiculate or appearing emarginate; scape bracts small and remote; sepals 0.6-0.8 cm long: coma golden-cream.