Spiderlilies love wet ditches

Spiderlily in bloom.

The flashes of white you see in the ditches you drive past are most likely Spiderlilies.

They have distinctive flowers, and their big seeds resemble tiny limes. They are one of the showy faves used in wetland restoration.

After the flower is spent, the seeds (left) drop to the water.

Seed me.

Volunteers collected seeds for replanting.  They will sprout soon.

Sprouts growing in the pan will be separated, potted and returned to the grow-out pond to await distribution in a park.