The book "How to Know the Wildflowers" (1922) by Mrs. William Starr Dana says you are likely to run across this plant while hunting for the purple flowers of the pitcher plant in the bogs during the month of May. Found along the borders of ponds, she says the curious club shaped object indicates its relationship to the Jack-in-the-Pulpit as well as the Calla Lily. Unlike them, Golden Club's tiny flowers are not shielded by a spathe. The Indians reportedly called this plant "Taw-Kee" and used its dried seeds as food.

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