Description Also called a 'Swamp Lantern'...a sure sign of spring.Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), also called Yellow Skunk Cabbage or Swamp Lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, where it is one of the few native species in the arum family. The plant is called Skunk Cabbage because of the distinctive 'skunky' odor that it emits. -Wikipedia
Edmund Lowe, Seattle, Washington Member Since February 2007 Artist Statement Ed is a graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography and has been a commercial photographer for the past 30 years in Seattle, Washington.