Appreciated by the native American Indians for food and medicine and later by the Cajuns of Louisiana who gave it the name "Graine a' Voler" meaning seeds that fly (because the pods throw the seeds into the air), this beautiful flower grows in the wetlands and marshes.
For decades I wanted to go where the Graine a Voler grows and I finally had the opportunity. Coming around a bend in the waterway just as the sun was coming up we came upon a huge "field" of them--a beautiful sight indeed.