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Skunk or Swamp Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
Flowers–Minute, perfect, foetid; many scattered over a thick, rounded, fleshy spadix, and hidden within a swollen, shell-shaped, purplish-brown to greenish-yellow, usually mottled, spathe, close to the ground, that appears before the leaves. Spadix much enlarged and spongy in fruit, the bulb-like berries imbedded in its surface. Leaves: In large [...]

October 27th, 2008 | Tags: Active Life, Bold Adventurer, Cabbages, Calla Lily, Carrion Flower, Face Of The Earth, Flowering Time, Foul Odors, Gnats, Hepatica, Long Distances, Petioles, Preferred Habitat, Props, Purple Trillium, Scavengers, Skunk Cabbage, Small Flies, Spadix, Swamp Cabbage, Wet Ground | Category: Arum Family | Leave a comment