Clumpfoot Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 91 cm
Araceae
Also called Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Foetid Pothos, Meadow Cabbage, Polecat Weed or Swamp Cabbage, Skunk cabbage
Formerly Dracontium foetidum, Ictodes foetidus, Pothos foetidus, Pothos putorii, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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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
- E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Purple, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Finnish
- Suohaisuhuppu
- Japanese
- ザゼンソウ
- Korean
- 앉은부채
- Chinese
- 臭菘, 臭菘叶, 臭菘种子
- Simplified Chinese
- 臭菘, 黑瞎子白菜
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Symplocarpus foetidus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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