Araceae
American skunkcabbage
Lysichiton americanus
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Lysichiton
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Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- ليسيتشيتون امريكانوس
- Chinese
- 黃花水芭蕉, 沼芋, 西部臭菘
- Croatian
- Američki kozlac
- Czech
- Kapsovec americký
- Danish
- Gul Kæmpekalla
- English
- American skunkcabbage, American skunk-cabbage, Swamp lantern, Western skunk cabbage, Yellow skunk cabbage
- Estonian
- Ameerika kevadvõhk
- Finnish
- Keltamajavankaali
- French
- Faux arum, Lysichite jaune
- German
- Amerikanischer Stinktierkohl, Gelbe Scheincalla, Amerikanischer Riesenaronstab, Gelbe Scheinkalla, Stinkkohl, Stinktierkohl
- Hebrew
- כרוב בואש מערבי
- Hungarian
- Sárga lápbuzogány
- Latvian
- Amerikas lizihitons
- Lithuanian
- Amerikinis lizichitonas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skunkkala
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skunkkala
- Persian
- چراغ مرداب غربی
- Polish
- Tulejnik amerykański
- Russian
- Лизихитон американский
- Slovenian
- Ameriški lizihiton
- Swedish
- Skunkkalla
- Welsh
- Pidyn-y-gog Americanaidd
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 3,929 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Kurtz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Moe Meikle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: EMU, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BlindGoofy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.