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Skunk Cabbage

Lysichiton americanum

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Field Notes

Description:

Bright yellow, first wildflower to bloom in the spring in the wetlands of the Pacific Northwest. The flowers have a distinctly "skunky" odour.

Notes:

The first nations people of the PNW used the waxy leaves of the skunk cabbage for lining berry baskets, berry drying racks and steaming pits.

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Flowers of North America
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Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest

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PublishedApril 14, 2014

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