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Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage [5] or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America. Bruised leaves present an odor reminiscent of skunk.
The bloom of the eastern skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, in the spring, before leafing. Skunk cabbage is a common name for several plants and may refer to: the genus Lysichiton. Asian skunk cabbage, Lysichiton camtschatcensis, grows in eastern Asia; Western skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanus, grows in western North America
Symplocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. [2] [3] The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's level with the ground.
Spring is nearly here and with it comes an array of wildflowers so sweet that our winter blues melt away.
The odor is attractive to insects, but most of the walkers quickly made faces of distaste. To many people, skunk cabbage smells like a skunk, or rotting, putrid meat, although some compare it to ...
Lysichiton is a genus in the family Araceae.These plants are known commonly as skunk cabbage or less often as swamp lantern. [2] The spelling Lysichitum is also found. The genus has two species, one found in north-east Asia (Japan and Russian Far East), the other in north-west America (Aleutians to Santa Cruz County in California).
Belonging to the same Brassica cruciferous vegetable family as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, kale is a leafy green vegetable "that has several varieties," says Susie.
Orontioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae.The subfamily consists of three genera namely, Lysichiton (one to two species of skunk cabbage from North America and Asia), Orontium (golden club, one living species from eastern North America and two extinct species known from fossils), and Symplocarpus (several species of skunk cabbage from North America and Asia).