Skunkvine (Paederia Foetida) 屁糞葛（ヘクソカズラ）

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Skunkvine (Paederia foetida) is native to Asia and can be found across Japan. Because it is notoriously smelly, its Japanese name is hekusokazura, which translates to 'fart-dung vine.' The plant is so resilient that an imperial court official during the Nara period (710–794) wrote a waka poem comparing his own tenacity to the plant. The poem appears in the Manyōshū, the oldest extant collection of Japanese waka poetry.

Despite its terrible name and smell, the flower's glossy red center always reminds me of jam thumbprint cookies.

2026/8/14