Iowa's Earliest Spring Flower

Authors

Roger M. Knutson, Luther College

Document Type

Article

Abstract

At a time when most wild flower fanciers have only memories of spring blooms, one of Iowa's less known plants is pushing up the earliest flowers of the season. The Eastern Skunk Cabbage can begin blooming in Northeast Iowa before mid-February, even when air temperatures are near -18°C.

Publication Date

April 1977

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

40

Last Page

42

Copyright

© Copyright 1977 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Knutson, Roger M. (1977) "Iowa's Earliest Spring Flower," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 14: No. 1, Article 24.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol14/iss1/24