Plants 35–75(–150) cm. Corms globose to elongate. Stems hirtel-lous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, spatulate-oblance-olate to narrowly oblanceolate, 40–150(–180) × 4–8(–11) mm, abruptly reduced (linear, 1–2 mm wide), then gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous or hirtellous (sometimes mostly along abaxial midveins), gland-dotted. Heads (appressed, overlapping) in dense, spiciform arrays. Peduncles 0. Involucres cylindric, 8–12 × 3.5–5 mm. Phyllaries in 3(–4) series, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, usually glabrous, rarely minutely puberulent, margins with hyaline borders, apices acute to acuminate. Florets 3–4; corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae (3–)4–6 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. 2n = 20.
Dunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields, roadsides, longleaf pine savannas and pine-turkey oak, evergreen oak-sand pine-scrub, scrub with Ceratiola and Pinus clausa, sea level to 50 metres.
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