Found on forest edge at the base of a small slope. Area surrounding has lots of small Vernal Pools. Note the pubescence on the rachilla and the awn starting well above the middle of the lemma in the last few photos.
Under a small tree in the middle of a large sandplain grassland.
Numerous stems. Go Botany keys out to this. Dense hairs on leaves and stems. Pink flowers densely clumped at tip of erect stem. Relatively ovate leaf blades (about 2x longer than wide). Stems to about 2-ft tall. Sandy barrens habitat.