Skunk Cabbage Drawing
Skunk cabbage now needs outer warmth to develop.
Skunk cabbage drawing. For human beings dogs cats and other mammals its a totally different story. In small doses or two small bites the skunk cabbage plant can cause burning and swelling of the mouth and a choking sensation. Eating larger portions of these leaves can in extreme cases be fatal. Still i think there is much to recommend skunk cabbage.
Its mottled deep maroon hood which conceals a pineapple like flower head. Its ability to generate its own heat. And best of all its bright green tightly rolled leaves that begin to unfurl in april. Symplocarpus foetidus commonly known as skunk cabbage eastern skunk cabbage swamp cabbage clumpfoot cabbage meadow cabbage foetid pothos and polecat weed is a low growing foul smelling tuberous plant of the aurum family that grows in wetlands around the world.
The plant is native to the eastern north america. It ranges from nova scotia and southern quebec west to minnesota and south to. Arthur lismer cc 27 june 1885 23 march 1969 was an english canadian painter and member of the group of seven. He is known for his paintings of ships in dazzle camouflage.
I tried to draw a skunk cabbage in black ink. In japan it is called a mizu basho. Its is written in kanji its is written in katakana. Choose your favorite skunk cabbage designs and purchase them as wall art home decor phone cases tote bags and more.
Transform your photos into one of a kind hand painted masterpieces. After lunch i explore more of the sanctuary. On the trail to weeks pond a brown creeper calls from the trees along atkins brook. At the pond itself i notice several signs of spring.
A single red winged blackbird calls from the treetops and in a wet swale next to the pond skunk cabbage is poking up. Text and drawing excerpted from wildflowers from the north eastern states by ellen miller and margaret christine whiting 1895 nomenclature and families updated. Found in march or early april in damp meadows and moist or swampy woodlands.