Plants non stoloniferous. Cauline leaves 6.3-11.5 × 0.8-2.7 cm. Peduncles thick; bracts linear to linear-oblanceolate or subulate, 2-22 mm. Phyllaries linear-oblong; outer 1-2.2 × 0.2-0.6(-1) mm; inner(1.6-)2.2-3 × 0.6-0.7(-1)mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering Sep-Oct. Prairies, woodland borders, dry sandy to mesic wet habitats, sunny to semishaded, waste places, roadsides; 10-300 m; Ark., Ill., Ky., Miss., Mo., Okla., Tenn.