Most likely skunk cabbage, AKA swamp lanterns

http://pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=457#:~:text=Skunk%20cabbage%20is%20a%20plant,partial%20sun%20to%20partial%20shade.

Oh gross, I thought it was like a lotus or something it's ao big and colorful 🤣

And it stinks. Just wait.

It’s an amazing awe inspiring native plant! ….that stinks, lol.

True sign of spring in the Northwest

it smells like dank weed to me and thereby it's not so bad, heh!

I think they are still pretty lovely with their bright flowers and huge glossy leaves. Evidently they are technically edible, though even my goats won't touch them.

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Oh cool, I might try some.

In Arlington in the 70’s Dad and his business partner tried to be the first every year to put a bouquet of Skunk Cabbage on each other’s doorstep before dawn. They do really stink and so do your clothes after mucking about in the dark at 4AM!

Agree, looks like Skunk Cabbage to me.

ohoh that smell... spring in the NW