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Skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

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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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Family
Araceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Symplocarpus foetidus
Slug
symplocarpus-foetidus
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Araceae
Genus
Symplocarpus
Species
foetidus
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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