Distribution:  Southern U.S., Caribbean

Habitat:  Varied low moist places

Recognition:   Branching, looks like mini-Sawgrass. Leaves 4-7(10) mm wide.   Spikelets 2.5-3.5 mm in clusters along the stem, on thin droopy branches, each spikelet terminating its own pedicel.   Achenes 1.3-1.5 mm long, rugose; tubercle 0.2-0.3(0.4) mm long

Florida status:  Native