Plants scattered or forming small groups. Leaves 20-50 × 5-13 cm; petiole 10-30 cm; blade yellowing in late summer, veins and veinlets visible in transmitted light, 10-26 cm. Scape 1.5-3 dm. Inflorescences to 1/2 length of proximalmost leaves; bracts lanceolate, 10-20 mm, equaling or longer than pedicel. Flowers: tepal midribs green; pedicel 7-11 mm. 2n = 38. Flowering mid--late spring. Open acid montane slopes, sandy woods, coves; 800--1700 m; Ga., Ky., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.