This diploid (2n = 16) has showy pink panicles and lacks bulblets. It is endemic to the east-central Appalachians, and occurs within 20-50 miles of the state line in W.Va., Va. and Tenn. (K). R. Cranfill (pers. comm.) has found plants that might be native at Pine Mt. State Park (BELL). However, it is possible that people have transplanted this species into Ky. Also, D. formosa (Howarth) Walpers is a species of Pacific coastal regions that has been widely cultivated and artificially hybridized with eximia (FNA 3).