Though not really a rare plant, I only recently saw Goldenclub (Orontium aquaticum) blooming for the first time. This picture was taken in Baldwin County, AL. Golden club is a medium sized immersed plant. It grows from stout rhizomes in the mud of shallow waters. Its leaves are usually out of the water, but often are floating. Golden club has dark green, velvety leaves, which have a water repellant surface. Leaves are two to four inches wide and six to 12 inches long. They are oblong-eliptic. Leaves grow in groups and emerge from the water on stalks. Golden clubs are named for the shape of their flower clusters. Many tiny yellow flowers grow at the tip of a club-shaped structure. The club is on a stalk that arises separately from the leaves.