Corms depressed-globose. Heads crowded. Phyllaries: apices petaloid, lavender, magenta, or pink, elongate and strongly recurving, petaloid portions short relative to herbaceous bases. Corollas creamy white.

Flowering Aug-Oct. Dry, sandy sites, sandy clays, dunes, pine-hardwoods, pine-live oak, longleaf pine, turkey oak; 0-200 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Okla., S.C., Tex.