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I photographed this plant Dec. 8, 2012, on the Dees nature trail at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge in Gautier, Miss. Dwarf sundew and club moss were in the same area. There was even more in a much wetter area with lots of yellow trumpet pitcher plants, a couple weeks earlier. The ones I photographed were perhaps 3 to 4 inches across; those in the wetter area were maybe 6 to 7 inches across. Many had orange leaftips or even entire leaves.
The third photo is to give it context. The plant is about 1/3 of the way up and 2/3rds of the way to the right. The tiny red blob to its lower right is a dwarf sundew, maybe an inch or so across, if that.
Bonus points if someone can identify the plant with four fleshy hairy leaves next to the rosette-y plant. It's most visible in the 4th photo.
I tried using the USDA plant database, but just don't have the technical vocabulary it needs.
On the USDA database http://plants.usda.gov/java/ click on the "advanced search" on the upper left corner. In the third box click on "Mississippi:Jackson" for the county. At this point there's all kinds of selections you can make but don't worry if what you want doesn't come up as you just click your back button to change the criteria. From reading a bit about this amazing park, it looks like something in the criteria about being a bog plant might help narrow it down and maybe perennial.
I think you have an Aletris species. There are four possible Aletris species in the Gautier area: aurea, farinosa, lutea, and obovata. I am familiar with the first three and I cannot tell them apart except when flowering. I have seen that Aletris aurea is very common at Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge near Pascagoula.
The four leaf rosettes go with this sunflower. I have not identified species - anyone else? The photos were taken in October. The first photo shows the sunflower blooming with some Aletris aurea mixed in.
