This quirky native wildflower is one worth knowing. The skunk cabbage, or Symplocarpus foetidus, is the first flower of our central Ohio spring, appearing as early as February. It can bloom even in ...

It’s an arum, so in the same family as the aptly named Amorphophallus titanum. This family really has got the corner on great names amorpho phallus? And of course titanum! Skunk cabbage is ...

Meet a plant that blooms and attracts pollinators in the winter by making its own heat! The skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, is an herbaceous perennial of wooded swamps and wetlands. It ranges ...

I love the smell of skunk in early spring. That sulfur smell tells me that the snow is melting, the sun is rising higher into the sky, and soon a carpet of wildflowers will paint the forest floor in ...

The first native wildflower of the year has emerged through the snow in the Wisconsin Native Wildflower Garden in Irvine Park. Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) uses a special property called ...

While everyone watches the colorful early spring bulbs emerge in their gardens – snowdrops, squill, crocus, glory-of-the-snow – I’m headed to the woods where the first flowers hide in the still-wintry ...