| Author | (Elliott) J.A. Schultes | |
| Distribution | Southern inner Coastal Plain. Known from only a single site, a small Carolina bay in Scotland County at the SC line. Discovered there in 1992 by Julia Larke. Since then, the site has grown up to a Loblolly Pine forest and it is feared that this grass has become extirpated.
Coastal Plain, southern NC to northern FL and eastern TX. | |
| Abundance | Very rare -- a single site shared with SC. This is a State Endangered species. | |
| Habitat | Clay-based Carolina bay, with a short hydroperiod. In the past 2 decades the site has become overgrown with invading Loblolly Pines, and its very existence is threatened, along with a number of state-rare plants. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting August-October. | |
| Identification | This grass grows 2-3.5 feet tall, with most of the slender leaves in the basal half of the stem. The open inflorescence is 3-6 inches long, with red-purple spikelets that eventually fade to brown. Each spikelet has 4-6 florets. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| Other Common Name(s) | Pineland Triodia, Flatwoods Fluffgrass | |
| State Rank | S1 | |
| Global Rank | G4 | |
| State Status | E | |
| US Status | | |
| USACE-agcp | FACW link |
| USACE-emp | FACW link |
