Chrysogonum australe Alexander ex Small, Man. S.E. Fl., 1415, 1509. 1933

Plants stoloniferous (colonial, mat-forming; longest stolon internodes 12–60 cm). Stems (flowering): leafless, 2–10 cm. Leaf blades elliptic-ovate, bases gradually cuneate, faces villoso-hirsute (hairs spreading, 1–3 mm). Peduncles 2–10 cm. Outer phyllaries 7–10 × 2.5–4 mm.

Flowering mid Mar–Apr(–May). Pine-oak, longleaf pine, beech-oak-magnolia woods, ravine slopes, limestone outcrops, flood plains and terraces, sand or sandy loam; 10–50 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss.