Rocky Shoals Spider Lily

Description:

Flowering aquatic, perennial flowering plant native to large streams and rivers in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. It grows to a height of about three feet.

Habitat:

It prefers rocky shoals and bedrock outcrops that provide anchor points for the roots and bulbs. It grows best in constantly flowing, shallow water. This one was growing in the Catawba River at Landsford Canal State Park near Fort Lawn (Chester County), SC.

Notes:

It blooms from early May to late June.[2] Each fragrant flower blossom opens overnight and last for one day. They are visited and possibly pollinated by Paratrea plebeja, commonly known as the plebian sphinx moth, and Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. This was my first spotting of this spectacular plant.