American skunkcabbage
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H.St.John
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 53 cm
- wide
- 1.1 m
Araceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Alaska to W. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Garden Stew, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from Garden Stew, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.5 mRead from Garden Stew, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Garden Stew, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Garden Stew and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Garden Stew yellow; Wikipedia green, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from Garden Stew, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- German
- Gelbe Scheincalla
- Finnish
- keltamajavankaali
- Chinese
- 沼芋
- Slovenian
- ameriški lizihiton
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Garden Stew, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Lysichiton americanus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.