Skunk Cabbage Monk's Hood

I love skunk cabbage. To me they are close to trillium in harbinging Spring. I haven't gotten a photo I liked until this one (ironically taking with my phone!) I had to go back to get a picture of this since the day before's attempt was so out of focus. This is SOCC out of the phone.

[Kerri]

Beautiful!!

[Alison Tomlin]

I love these flowers too - we get them in the local park. Great shot of one and it looks perfectly intact.

[Steve]

Great looking flower!

[Pat Knowles]

What an odd name ...skunk cabbage !!! They are a very striking looking flower !! Great capture !

[Jane Pittenger]

@happypat They smell like skunk!

[Brian Baptie]

They are colourful!!

[Judith Greenwood]

This is impressive - I've never seen any over here though apparently they have them in the wilds of Leeds @fueast !

[Alison Tomlin]

@judithg They do! Suppose I need a photo to prove it now

[Judith Greenwood]

@fueast Yup and we want to know if they smell like skunk!

[Alison Tomlin]

@judithg Never noticed that actually. I stick my nose in there tomorrow.

[Cathy]

Love the teardrop shape in brilliant yellow! Beautiful!

[santina]

beautiful beautiful, photo and color

[Dawn Irwin]

I've never seen one of these before, how cool, I love the colors. Thanks for sharing!

[Cathy Misze]

OH my I'm with Dawn I have never seen a Skunk Cabbage flower before. It is so lovely!

[MamaBec]

This is a great iPhone shot! Love the colors ... since I'm an Oregon Duck fan :-)

[Danielle Greenwood]

great shot Jane.

[Paul Myers]

Very nice colors.

[Sharon]

Great colors! And what a silly name for a flower!!

[Taephy]

so lovely, what a bright spot of color!

[Shirley Banford]

Sooo beautiful. It must be misnamed! How could anything this gorgeous be named for a skunk?

[Jane Pittenger]

@sabanford I have a funny relationship with skunks- though I hated it when my dog got skunked- as a child my father called the skunk smell the perfume of Gilbertsville- a small town in Upstate NY where we went in the summers. So it reminds me of my father and summer vacation!

[Debbi M]

Beautiful! A lot of detail in the photo.

[naladka]

I love these too. Only saw saw them in Canada for the first time this year!

[J A Byrdlip]

I drive by a patch of these growing wild, but the road has no place to pull over to get a picture. Thank you for the view.
And you do know they are there when you drive by.