The flowers are with one, two or three together in the axils of the leaves on up to  long greenish stalks (or pedicels), which also carry bracts of up to  long that are split in three lobes. The individual flowers have an undifferentiated perianth that consists of four or five, rarely six, slightly leathery, white, later yellowish, oval to round, concave tepals of 2½-3½ mm (0.10–0.14 in) in diameter, interlocked with each other at their foot. The many stamens consist of  long hairless filaments topped with round anthers of  in diameter.
The flowers are arranged in clusters on stalks (or pedicels) that also have bracts that are split into three lobes. Each flower has a perianth made up of four or five tepals, which are white, later yellowish, oval to round, concave, and measure 2½-3½ mm in diameter. The stamens consist of long hairless filaments topped with round anthers that are  in diameter.