Stems 1-4 dm, slender, usually repeatedly branched; lvs lance- linear to lance-ovate, 1-3 cm, softly stellate-hairy above, the longer arms to 1 mm; frs only 1 or 2 per spike, with a median vein of each side, the lepidote hairs with broad central disk and very short appressed arms. In sand, sandy soil, or rocky barrens; Conn. to e. Pa., s. and w. to Fla. and Tex., and n. in the interior to s. Ill., Mo., and se. Kans. Late summer.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Much like no. 1 [Crotonopsis elliptica Willd.]; lvs linear to lance-linear, 1.5-4 cm, the stellate hairs of the upper surface small, with non-overlapping arms to 0.3 mm; spikes slender, 1-2 cm, with 3-6 pistillate fls; fr not veined, its lepidote hairs with a minute central axis and conspicuous radiating, often ascending arms. Dry sand or sandy soil on the coastal plain; S.C. to Fla. and Tex., n. in the interior to s. Ill. and se. Mo., and disjunct in e. Io. and nw. Ill. Late summer.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.