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1 Plants occurring individually, not producing stolons; earliest flowering stems leafless, later flowering stems leafy; leafy flowering stems mostly 15-35 (-50) cm high; [e. VA, sc. PA, and e. WV south to se. NC, nc. SC, nw. NC, and sw. VA]
1 Plants colonial, forming mats by stolons; flowering stems leafless or leafy; leafy flowering stems (if present) 15-25 cm high; [collectively: ne. SC, se. and sc. NC, nw. NC, w. VA, w. WV, se. OH south to e. GA, Panhandle FL, s. AL, s. MS, and e. LA].
..2 Earliest flowering stems leafless, mostly 2-10 cm high; later flowering stems leafy, 15-25 cm high; longest stolon internodes 2-6 cm long; [ne. SC, se. and sc. NC, nw. NC, sw. VA, ne. TN. and se. KY south to e. GA, c. GA, and ec. AL]
..2 Earliest flowering stems leafless, 2-10 cm high; later flowering stems leafless as well, 2-10 cm high; longest stolon internodes 12-60 cm long; [of sc. and sw. GA west to e. LA]