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western skunk cabbage

Lysichiton americanus, also called western skunk cabbage (US), yellow skunk cabbage (UK), American skunk-cabbage or swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, where it is one of the few native species in the arum family.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Lysichiton americanus
Family: Araceae
Genus: Lysichiton
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Alismatales
Habit: herb