Plants : AraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Lysichiton americanus Hulten & H.St.John

American Skunk-cabbage

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Lysichiton americanus

Description: This is an introduced garden plant, related to our native cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) but much bigger, more brightly coloured and found in wet marshy places such as around the lake in Hillsborough Park.

All names: Lysichiton americanus Hulten & H.St.John

Distribution Map from NBN: Lysichiton americanus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Lysichiton americanus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Lysichiton americanus. Hulten & H.St.John. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2350. Accessed on 2026-11-02.