Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photos by Liam Stenson 
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American Skunk-cabbage / Yellow Skunk-cabbage Large foul-smelling flowers with yellow spathe and a greenish spadix. Very large, stalked leaves, the leaf blades 35-150cm long. Contains calcium oxalate crystals. Rhizines 30cm+ long. Occurs as an occasional garden escape or relic of cultivation. Naturalised on river and canal banks and in wet woodland and marshes. 
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American Skunk-cabbage, Lysichiton americanus. April 2009. © Liam Stenson:
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