It once had a wider distribution but it has likely been extirpated from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, and Missouri.

[1] This plant is prostrate, its hairy stems trailing up to 2 metres (7 ft) long.

The inflorescence is a raceme of purple flowers nearly one centimeter long.

[2] This plant grows on sandy soils that originated from sandstone and chert.

The habitat is often dominated by oaks,[3] and it may be a type of dry forest.