Stems prostrate, densely mat-forming, glabrous or very sparsely hairy, hairs appressed, uncinate, 0.1–0.2 mm. Stipules glabrous or sparsely hairy with appressed uncinate hairs; petiole glabrous or sparsely hairy with appressed uncinate hairs; blade 2–4.5 × 2–4.5 mm, as long as wide, abaxial surface reddish, adaxial surface bright green, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy with appressed uncinate hairs. Involucre glabrous or sparsely hairy with appressed uncinate hairs. Pistillate flowers: ovary glabrous or sparsely hairy with appressed uncinate hairs. Capsules glabrous or sparsely hairy with appressed uncinate hairs.

Flowering and fruiting year-round. Open pine rocklands; of conservation concern; 0–10 m; Fla.

Subspecies deltoidea is the northernmost of the four subspecies. It grows in a thin layer of white sand over limestone bedrock.