[2] The specific epithet pauciflora, referring the Latin term for 'few flowered'.

[4][5] Today this plant only occurs in Everglades National Park in rocky pinelands habitat and prairie.

densa, Sabal palmetto, Schizachyrium rhizomatum, Vernonia blodgettii, and Elytraria caroliniensis var.

While the population is largely protected within the Everglades, the surrounding landscape is undergoing rapid development.

Within the park the species may be affected by changes in the local hydrology and the fire regime and the invasion of non-native plants.