It is native to the eastern United States, occurring on the coast from Long Island to New Jersey and Virginia to South Carolina.

It grows from a rhizome and the stems root at intervals where they meet the ground.

The flowers have pink sepals and white petals up to about half a centimeter long.

[3] This plant grows in dry, sandy soils under pines.

[2] It is known from pine barrens, flatwoods, sandhills, and the edges of pocosins.