Symplocarpus foetidus - Wikipedia
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.
Skunk Cabbage Plant - What Is Skunk Cabbage And Is It …
2021年7月6日 · Skunk cabbage is a perennial wildflower that grows in swampy, wet areas of forest lands. This unusual plant sprouts very early in the spring, and has an odd chemistry that creates its own heat, often melting the snow around itself as it first sprouts in the spring.
Skunk Cabbage - National Wildlife Federation
The skunk cabbage is a flowering perennial plant and is one of the first plants to emerge in the spring. The flowers appear before the leaves and are characterized by a mottled maroon hoodlike leaf called a spathe, which surrounds a knob-like structure called a spadix.
Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage) - Minnesota Wildflowers
Skunk Cabbage is usually the first plant to bloom in the spring, as early as February but more often March. It generates its own heat, melting the snow around it, and gives off a foul stench to attract flies for pollination. Without cover of snow the flowers may go unnoticed amid the brown leaf litter, at least until the leaves start emerging.
Plant Pick: Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) - Smith College
2024年5月28日 · Also known as swamp cabbage, polecat weed and fetid pothos, this plant is celebratory for those who seek it out along wet woods, swamps, streams, or otherwise shady seepage areas as early as March in southern New England. The species can be found from Tennessee to northern Canada.
Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus - Wisconsin Horticulture
One of the first native first native plants to bloom in early spring in the upper Midwest is Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called skunk cabbage, swamp cabbage or other names referring to the shape of the large leaves or it’s smell. Skunk cabbage was used medicinally by Native Americans and in the 19th century was listed in the U.S ...
Colorado Columbine - US Forest Service
PLANTS Profile - Symplocarpus foetidus, eastern skunk cabbage. Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Celebrating Wildflowers periodically features a different wildflower …
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) - U.S. National Park Service
2018年3月21日 · The skunk cabbage is among our earliest flowering plants, sometimes emerging through the frozen soil and snow and at a time of year when temperatures may still dip below freezing. The large maroon spathe forms a cup around the slender finger-like spadix , which is covered in small flowers.
Symplocarpus foetidus - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
Skunk Cabbage is a perennial herb in the Araceae family with large, heart shaped foliage. Its name originates from its appearance, Symplocarpus translating to 'connected fruits', while foetidus refers to the plant's unpleasant odor.
Symplocarpus foetidus - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called skunk cabbage, is a rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial native to parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeastern United States where it is found growing along stream banks, in fens, wet woodlands, swamps, and other wet, shady, seepage areas.