Pistillate scales 3.4-4.8 × 1.4-1.8 mm, apex usually awned, exceeding perigynia. Perigynia 2.7-3.7 × 1.2-1.7 mm; beak 0.5-1.1 mm, apical teeth 0.1-0.5 mm.

Fruiting late Apr-mid May. Moist, wooded slopes, clearing edges, in deep rich soils, in partial shade of hardwood forests; 200-1500 m; Ga., S.C.