Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates

Loosely colonial from short, stout rhizomes, 10–15 dm; sheaths glabrous; lf-blades 1–2 dm × 1–2 cm; infl open, nodding or drooping; spikelets green, nodding on slender pedicels, ovate or lance-ovate, 6–17-fld, (15–) 20–40 mm; glumes and the 1–2 sterile lemmas lance-linear, subequal, two-thirds as long as the lance-ovate fertile lemmas, these 11–15-veined, with pilose callus; palea much shorter than the lemma; grain 3–5 × 2–2.5 mm, mostly enclosed between the lemma and palea; 2n=48. Moist woods and streambanks; N.J. to Ga. and nw. Fla., w. to s. O., Ind., Ill., Kans., and Tex. (Uniola l.)

It needs to be in moist soil. It can grow in full or part sun. It grows along streams. It suits hardiness zones 4-11.

The seeds are used for flour or bread.

Plants can be grown from seed or by division.