Comments on: Skunk Cabbage at Clear Lake

By: e-Mom

e-Mom — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:13:58 +0000

Ah, the great Pacific Northwest! BTDT! Your kids are really getting an eye-and-earful. Wonderful… ღ

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:35:14 +0000

It was pretty cool, I’d never seen these before, but my husband, who grew up on the Oregon Coast, had seen them and let us know what this exotic looking plant was! I read that some old natives used to boil the roots in oil and use it for medicinal purposes, such as a treatment for ringworm. But ingesting skunk cabbage leaves will cause an intense burning in the mouth and tongue because of the very high levels of calcium oxalate crystals in the leaves.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:54:01 +0000

Too awesome. We ahve skunk cabbage but nothing like that. :)

By: Fencepost

Fencepost — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:19:42 +0000

Wow! Those are some big leaves!
I’ve never heard of it. Maybe it doesn’t grow on the east coast.