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Description: My illustration of the swamp cabbage. These hooded flowers have the creep factor nailed from looks to smell. Symplocarpus foetidus is known by many names: Skunk Cabbage, Clumpfoot Cabbage, Meadow Cabbage, Polecat Weed, and Swamp Cabbage. It is a stinky, smelly plant that grows in the wetlands in North America and parts of Asia. It flowers just above the mud keeping its stem buried below the surface. It’s a thermogenic plant, which means it has the ability to raise its temperature above that of the surrounding air. This allows it to melt snow and ice so it may bloom.
Description: Original illustration of a large pink lotus blossom with a yellow center. The technically term is Nelumbo nucifera, but it has many common names such as Indian Lotus, the Sacred Lotus, and the Bean of India. It's one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It's is an aquatic perennial, but not a waterlily.
Description: My illustration of the fascinating pink-orange shrimp plant. Justicia brandegeeana commonly known as the shrimp plant is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. The flowers are the white part and look like the end of the tail. They extend from layers of red bracts, which look like the tail.