Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton

A herb that grows in swamps. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-60 cm tall. The leaves are pale green and 30-40 cm wide and up to 1.2 m long. The flowers are greenish purple. They have a greenish yellow spadix 5-10 cm long. They have a purple spathe around them. The flower can give off an unpleasant smell.

A temperate plant. It grows in wet and seasonally flooded places.

The rhizomes or underground stems are used to make a peppery bread. It is dried and made into flour. Root used as an emergency food after drying or baking. The young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable Caution: Plants in this family usually have oxalate crystals and need special preparation.

Plants can be grown from fresh seed sown into mud.