| Scientific Name: | Lysichiton americanus |
| Common Name: | yellow skunk cabbage, swamp lantern |
| Family Name: | Araceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Native planting, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Oblong, Obovate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spadix (& spathe), Yellow, Apr |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Green-yellow |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Grows from rhizomes in wet areas; leaves basal, most elliptic to oblong, 0.3-1.4m long x 30-80cm wide (largest of any native plant in region); spadix (7-12cm long) contained within a large, bright yellow or yellowish green spathe. | |