Skunk cabbage

Description

Symplocarpus renifolius is a species of Liliopsida described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott and Nikolai Nikolaievich Tzvelev. Symplocarpus renifolius belongs to the genus Symplocarpus, and the family Araceae. None of these subspecies are listed. Symplocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's level with the ground. Symplocarpus species grow from a rhizome and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed. The best known species is Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called "skunk cabbage".