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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.
It is among the first flowers to bloom in late winter or early spring [4] [5] [6] (typically March–July). [7] Unlike the genus Symplocarpus (which includes S. foetidus, the eastern skunk cabbage), the flowers of Lysichiton species do not produce heat, [8] although this is widely and incorrectly said to be the case. [9]
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
Spring is nearly here and with it comes an array of wildflowers so sweet that our winter blues melt away.
Symplocarpus species grow from a rhizome and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The best known species is Symplocarpus foetidus , commonly called "skunk cabbage".
To many people, skunk cabbage smells like a skunk, or rotting, putrid meat, although some compare it to the smell of cabbage or mustard. Next, an antidote: there was a yellow flowering spicebush ...
Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)Cabbage – Brassica oleracea Clumpfoot cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus Meadow cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus Skunk cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus, Lysichiton spp.
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