Scoliopus bigelovii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California. This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora. [Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: It is native to California, where it is known from the Santa Cruz Mountains, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast Ranges.

Slink-pod or adder’s-tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), a long-lived perennial herb, is a memorable plant for woodlands, moist slopes, and shady rock gardens along the coast. Visible just three or four months of the year, it is grown more for its showy foliage than for its flowers, and it is an excellent plant for the winter garden.

2019年2月1日 · They are one of the fringe geophytes with underground stems with numerous fleshy storage roots. They are known by common names of slink pod because of the long seed pod that "slinks" and buries the seed in the ground and fetid adders-tongue because they have a fetid scent although it is not very strong and you have to get very close to smell it.

2021年2月9日 · Fetid Adder’s Tongue or Slinkpod Scoliopus Biglovii is my favorite early season wildflower. Yesterday I went out to look for it in Redwood Forests in Marin and once again enjoyed photographing it.

2021年2月5日 · Craig Tooley wove together three photos of one just about to bloom, a close-up of the exquisite bloom, and the continuing bloom. Slink Pods have multiple blooms, but each one doesn't last very long. The flower quickly forms a pod, which falls onto the ground, hence its common name Slink Pod.

2014年3月15日 · The weight of the growing pod causes the slender stalk to bend over and touch the ground, thus the common name “slink pod”. Notice that the distance between plants is about the length of the pedicels. This is no coincidence.

2022年1月2日 · On Christmas day, Mel Smith spotted and photographed perhaps the first appearing Slink Pod, Scoliopus bigelovii. This wildflower is a member of the Lily family. Its distinctive leaves are just barely showing. But they will grow in the weeks ahead.

also known as a slink pod, is commonly found in moist, shady redwood forests. Its rotten smell is what earned it its descriptive name. Peak Season: More Info Jan may sep Feb jun oct Mar jul nov Apr aug dec Woodlands

Common names: Slink pod fetid adder’s-tongue slink-lily Etymology: Greek skolios, crooked, and - pous, footed, alluding to the tortuous, recurved pedicels Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26 .

149 likes, 1 comments - illahe_rare_plants on February 10, 2024: "Slink Pod, Fetid Adders Tongue, Brownies, the Redwood Adders Tongue, or Scoliopus bigelovii in Latin. I’ve been enamored with this little late winter blooming Nor Cal wildflower ever since I saw the beautiful specimen that graced the RS Berry Botanic garden.