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Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage, 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.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Symplocarpus foetidus
Family: Araceae
Genus: Symplocarpus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Alismatales
Hardiness: Zone 3
Habit: herb
Bloom: Summer