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Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage [5] or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), 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.
The twigs are fuzzy when new, and turn sleek with age. The leaves are up to 1.5 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 in) long [3] and produce a very strong odour when crushed. The aroma is bitter and often disagreeable (earning the plant the name skunkbush). The leaves are green when new and turn orange and brown in the fall.
Ptelea trifoliata, commonly known as common hoptree, [4] wafer ash, [5] stinking ash, [6] [7] and skunk bush, [7] [8] is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family . It is native to North America, where it is found in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a deciduous shrub or tree, [9] [10] with alternate, trifoliate leaves.
[2] [3] The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's level with the ground. Symplocarpus species grow from a rhizome and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed. [4] [5] [6] The best known species is Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called "skunk cabbage". [4]
The bloom of the eastern skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, in the spring, before leafing. Skunk cabbage is a common name for several plants and may refer to: the genus Lysichiton. Asian skunk cabbage, Lysichiton camtschatcensis, grows in eastern Asia; Western skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanus, grows in western North America
Lysichiton is a genus in the family Araceae.These plants are known commonly as skunk cabbage or less often as swamp lantern. [2] The spelling Lysichitum is also found. The genus has two species, one found in north-east Asia (Japan and Russian Far East), the other in north-west America (Aleutians to Santa Cruz County in California).
Paederia foetida is a species of plant, with common names that are variations of skunkvine, stinkvine, pilau maile (Hawaiian) or Chinese fever vine. [3] It is native to temperate, and tropical Asia; and has become naturalized in the Mascarenes, Melanesia, Polynesia, and the Hawaiian Islands, also found in North America by recent studies.
Hog-nosed skunk. The distinguishing feature of the American hog-nosed skunk is it has a single, broad white stripe from the top of the head to the base of the tail, with the tail itself being completely white. It is the only skunk that lacks a white dot or medial bar between the eyes and has primarily black body fur.