Colonial by long, woody rhizomes, sending up leafy branches 2–5 dm; lvs deciduous, oblanceolate to obovate, 2–4 cm, entire, inconspicuously stipitate-glandular; racemes rather dense; bracts oval or oblong, foliaceous, persistent, 5–12 mm; pedicels, hypanthium, and cal pubescent and copiously stipitate-glandular; sep glandular-ciliate; cor 5–9 mm; fr black, hairy, 5–8 mm. Usually in wet, sandy soil or in bogs, on or near the coastal plain; Nf. to Fla, and La. May, June. (Lasiococcus d.) Var. bigeloviana Fernald, from Nf. to Va., has the bracts conspicuously glandular and the fls 7–9 mm. Var. dumosa, from L.I. to La., has thinner bracts, often shining, sparsely glandular to glabrous on the surface, the fls 5–7 mm.
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A dwarf suckering shrub. It is a low plant 30-50 cm high. The flowers are in long clusters and white. They contain both sexes but may be only partly self-fertile. For good fruit set it is best to plant more than one plant. The fruit are 5 mm across.
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