And now (finally) something more about this plant. The reason for its common name is indeed its less-than-fragrant aroma: it smells like, well, “carrion”. This attracts its pollinators: flies (as for the Pipevine plant, “Aristolochia gigantea,” of an earlier post — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-08
In this case, a “blow fly” (family Calliphoridae).
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