World's 5 Most Foul-Smelling Flowers

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Corpse Flowers smell like rotting flesh. It flowers in Sumatra and attracts carrion beetles and flies with its awful smell.

Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum)

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 Another foul-smelling flower, the Stinking Corpse Lily, is found in Southeast Asia. To attract pollinating flies, it stinks.

Stinking Corpse Lily (Rafflesia arnoldii)

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This Mediterranean shrub attracts flies for pollination with its pungent odor of rotting meat.

Dead Horse Arum Lily (Helicodiceros muscivorus)

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This North American plant attracts pollinators like scavenger insects with its nasty odor.

Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)

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 Like its Western counterpart, the Eastern Skunk Cabbage attracts pollinators with its skunk-like fragrance.

Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

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