This species is unique among Orchelimum in having dark, usually black, hind tibiae. The distal half of the middle and front legs is also black. The face is white with reddish eyes.
In rare individuals the black is reduced to just the front of the front legs and perhaps outer side of the hind tibiae, but the face is still white. See this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94471833
SINA: https://sina.orthsoc.org/262a.htm
Statewide.
Wetland vegetation on the edges of water bodies like ponds or streams.