Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus renifolius Nutt.
var. latissimus (Makino) Hara
[Araceae]
Zazensou (ザゼンソウ, 座禅草)
Lifeform: deciduous forb
Distribution: Amur - Korea - Japan (Japan Sea side, and Hokkaido) - Sakhalin
Habitat: shady wetland
Synonyms
Symplocarpus foetidus Nutt. var. latissimus (Makino) Hara
Symplocarpus Salisb. ex Nutt.
Distribution: Asia - North America (Three species in Japan)
Symplocarpus foetidus Nutt. var. latissimus (Makino) Hara (ザゼンソウ)
Symplocarpus nabekuraensis Otsuka et K.Inoue (ナベクラザゼンソウ)
Symplocarpus nipponicus Makino (ヒメザゼンソウ)
Symplocarpus renifolius in Hokkaido
In Shinsen Bog, Niseko, on June 26, 2006.
References
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
fauna and flora (出現種リスト) - wetland (湿原)