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What's so great about skunk cabbage?

Asked by LostInParadise (31922points) March 9th, 2010

It is a foul smelling plant that grows in swamps and is among the first plants to emerge in late winter. It has what only a botanist would consider as flowers. Skunk Cabbage It does not make them any more endearing to know that its odor is intended to attract flies as pollinators. It is surely a plant that only a naturalist could love. It does have an extraordinary property that it shares with a small number of other plants. Do you know what it is?

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