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Skunk cabbage is a native, perennial wildflower that grows to a height of one to two feet. A dull or yellow spike covered with many tiny flowers is enclosed in a brown, purple shell, mottled with yellow green spots. The shell is three to six inches tall. The leaves, which emerge after the flowers, grow up to a foot wide and two feet tall. Its leaves are bright green and deeply veined. They rise from the base of the flower on stems that are often unseen. They grow in wetlands and moist woodlands. (EW)