White Featherling

Stems 25–90 cm. Leaf blades to 30 cm × 6 mm. Inflorescences open, 20–100-flowered, 3–25 cm; bracts navicular, margins entire; bracteoles forming epicalyx, 3-lobed, lobes acute. Flowers: tepals white, 3–4.5 mm, inner tepals longer, wider than outer; stamens 3–4 mm; ovary narrowly ovoid; styles 0.4–0.8 mm; pedicel 1.5–4 mm. Capsules broadly ellipsoid, 3–4 mm. Seeds 1–1.3 mm.

N.C., S.C.

Flowering late summer--fall.

Savannas, pocosins, marshy ground, moist sandy soil; 0--200m.