Trautvetteria nervata Swamp Queen Taccarum So when we stumbled across

So when we stumbled across this attractive clone near the gates of Louisiana's Angola Prison in spring 1999

highlighted by amber-purple handlebar moustache-like sepals

We had seen several populations of the little-known Southeast native Yucca louisianensis as we botanized the gulf coast states

(syn: Canna 'Lon01') This new canna was introduced without a valid cultivar name

although the spike of lavender flowers that top the foliage

Trautvetteria nervata Swamp Queen Taccarum So when we stumbled acrossTrautvetteria nervata 'Swamp Queen' is a 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Zac Hil Jeremy Schmidt collection from Burke County, Georgia, of the virtually unknown, southeastern US native. Sadly, most authorities still lump this with the smaller, and much more difficult to grow Trautvetteria caroliniensis. Trautvetteria nervata, an Actaea cousin, is one of the finest perennials we grow, emerging first as a basal clump of cut leaf foliage. The