Along the stream bank, mottled purple skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) pierced through layers of wet, matted leaves and grasses. If there had been snow on the ground, the skunk cabbage would ...

Purple Skunk All Skate Jam: One of San Francisco's oldest skate shops, Purple Skunk (established in 1993), is hosting its annual All Skate Jam this weekend in Golden Gate Park. This will be the ...

I’ve brought over a sampling of six Skunk #1 phenotypes grown by Frank at Purple Caper Seeds in his epic 2022 Skunk hunt. Frank grew out 25 different packs of Skunk #1 seeds, some more than 20 ...

If you think the skunk cabbage’s speckled purple-and-green spathes are strange, check out the plant’s peculiar flowers, which are clustered on a spike, or spadix, inside those hoods.

The smell will be unmistakable. The flower is mottled purple and green, with a dull-colored spike in the middle. You’ve found it. That is skunk cabbage. While all the other spring wildflowers ...