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Lysichiton americanus
yellow skunk cabbage
Other common names
American skunk cabbagewestern skunk cabbage
Synonyms
Botanical details
- Family
- Araceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Lysichiton
- Genus description
Lysichiton are rhizomatous herbaceous perennials with large, lance-shaped leaves developing after the ovate white or yellow flower spathes surrounding the club-like, yellow or green flowering spadix
- Name status
Correct
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