Inflorescence axis 3–18 cm long, about 1 mm in diameter, usually with a single terminal glomerule of (10–)15–30(–45) flowers, more rarely with up to 5 few-flowered lateral clusters below the terminal one on the distal part of the axis, jointed pedicels 1–2½ cm long, the joint below the middle, the basal part (1–)2–4(–6) mm long, the stalk-like receptacle above the joint (4–)8–12(–16) mm long at anthesis, often slightly longer and persistent on the fruit.