Plants stoloniferous (colonial, mat-forming; longest stolon internodes 12-60 cm). Stems (flowering): leafless, 2-10 cm. Leaf blades elliptic-ovate, bases gradually cuneate, faces villoso-hirsute (hairs spreading, 1-3 mm). Peduncles 2-10 cm. Outer phyllaries 7-10 × 2.5-4 mm. Flowering mid Mar-Apr(-May). Pine-oak, longleaf pine, beech-oak-magnolia woods, ravine slopes, limestone outcrops, flood plains and terraces, sand or sandy loam; 10-50 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss.