Leaves 2–8 × 1–2 cm; blade bright green, elliptic to lanceolate. Scape 2–8 dm. Flowers: perianth golden yellow, campanulate, 6–7 mm, 2 times or less as long as broad, lobes erect. Fruits: beaks gradually narrowed distally. 2n = 26.

Flowering late spring--mid summer. Dry to wet pine flatwoods, savannas, and bogs; 0--100+ m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Md., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Va.