Flowering stems erect to procumbent, 15–35 cm × 1–2.5 mm, mostly branching proximal to middle. Sepals usually strongly maroon tinged, sometimes brown, outer sepals shorter than inner. Seeds 3–4(–5), weakly 3-sided or 2-sided and convex.
Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat: Coastal sands, pine barrens
Elevation: 0–20 m
Distribution
Conn., Del., Maine, Md., Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., R.I.
Discussion
Disjunct populations from eastern Canada are treated here as var. subcylindrica.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.