Lysichiton camtschatcensis

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|name = Asian skunk cabbage

|image = Lysichite blanc à Shiramine (Hakusan) - 08 - 2016-04-25.jpg

|image_caption = Lysichiton camtschatcensis in Hakusan, Japan

|genus = Lysichiton

|species = camtschatcensis

|authority = (L.) Schott

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|Lysichitum camtschatcense|(L.) Schott, orth. var.

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Lysichiton camtschatcensis, common name Asian skunk cabbage,{{BSBI 2007|access-date=2014-10-17}} white skunk cabbage, Far Eastern swamp lantern or Japanese swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and northern Japan. The common name "skunk cabbage" is used for the genus Lysichiton, which includes L. americanus, the western skunk cabbage, noted for its unpleasant smell. The Asian skunk cabbage is more variable: plants have been reported in different cases to smell disgusting, not at all, and sweet.{{Citation |last=Armitage |first=James D. |last2=Phillips |first2=Barry W. |year=2011 |title=A hybrid swamp lantern |journal=The Plantsman |series=New Series |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=155–157 |name-list-style=amp }} In Japanese it is known as mizubashō (lit. "water-banana") from a supposed similarity to the Japanese banana, a name with poetic rather than malodorous associations.As described for example in photo handbook {{Citation | title = {{Nihongo||春の花|Haru no hana|extra=Flowers of spring}} | place = Tokyo | publisher = Yama-kei Publishers |date=March 1995 | language = Japanese | isbn = 4-635-07011-5 }}, p. 666 It is not closely related to the true cabbage.