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Western Skunk Cabbage A smelly indication that spring has arrived. The little bugs in there are ants. Geotagged,Lysichiton americanus,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Western Skunk Cabbage

A smelly indication that spring has arrived. The little bugs in there are ants.

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  1. This is one candidate for Ferdy's epic names list. I understand the "skunky" part, but why cabbage? Posted 10 years ago
    1. Added :) Posted 10 years ago
    2. I'm not sure where the cabbage part comes from… there's a related plant in the east that doesn't get the yellow flowers, but forms a seed ball that vaguely resembles a cabbage - maybe it came from that and when the western variation was discovered they just reused the name? Posted 10 years ago

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''Lysichiton americanus'', also called western skunk cabbage, yellow skunk cabbage, 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.

Similar species: Water-plantains, Seagrass
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Mar 30, 2015. Captured Mar 29, 2015 17:30 in Mount Rainier National Park, Carbon River Road, Ashford, WA 98304, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/4.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 55mm