Cauline leaves: distal slightly overlapping, linear-lanceolate, reduced distally, 15-20 × 4.5-10 mm. Heads 8-50. Peduncles sericeous. Involucres 4.5-7 mm. Phyllary faces (inner) sparsely to moderately sericeous proximally, densely stipitate-glandular apically. Ray florets 6-15; laminae 7-10 mm. Disc florets 16-29; corollas 3.2-5.2, lobes 0.5-0.7 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18.

Flowering fall. Outer coastal plain; 0-60 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C.

Variety graminifolia is similar to var. tenuifolia in its reduced distal cauline leaves, sericeous peduncles, and small involucres (4.5-8 mm). Hybrids between var. tenuifolia and Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis could be confused with var. graminifolia.

Fibrous-rooted perennial 3-9 dm, often with slender, stoloniform rhizomes, ±silvery-silky with appressed hairs, at least below; lvs basally disposed, the larger ones elongate, parallel-veined, grass-like, to 35 נ2(-3.5) cm, the others numerous and progressively reduced; heads several or many, terminating the branches, turbinate or campanulate; achenes linear. Sandy, usually dry places; Del. to s. O., s. to Fla., Bahama Isl., Tex., and Guat. Aug., Sept. Two well marked vars. with us:

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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