American Skunk Cabbage, Skunk-cabbage, Yellow Skunk Cabbage
Lysichiton americanus
Synonym: Lysichitum americanum
Skunk cabbage as seen along Road #23 just east of Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.......June 2, 2007. The inflorescence is a sulfur-smelling narrow spike surrounded by
a yellowish, leaf-like but cupped spathe. A spathe is a large, leaf-like bract
that subtends and encloses an inflorescence. The large, fleshy leaves are ovate
in shape and may be as much as a meter long.
Skunk cabbage in bloom along the Lewis River Trail #31, Gifford Pinchot National Forest...........May 3, 2015.
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Skunk cabbage as seen along Crofton Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trail #73 crossing on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams........May 28, 2005.
A cluster of basal leaves of skunk cabbage
as seen at Crofton Creek, south side of Mt. Adams Wilderness......June 19, 2005.
Paul Slichter