Is this Skunk Cabbage

Hi All is this Skunk Cabbage. 3 or 4 have appeared in my border but I am not certain if it is. An Online plant identifier says it is but it could not confirm that my Delphinium was a Delphinium and I knew it was.

 

Skunk cabbage tends to grow in boggy ground I think.

Something familiar about that plant but not sure.

 

@Humberboy The leaf doesn't look right to me. They also normally appear in early spring.
They are also plants of wet places, marshes, stream sides. If you haven't sown seed and there aren't any locally it's unlikely to be popping up in your garden in several places.

 

Hi

the leaves remind me of Eryngium

 

It's not a skunk cabbage, I have that in my pond and it's leaves are very different.

I think it does look very eryngium like. They are prolific self seeders as well.

 

The leaves remind me of a eryngium I had a few years ago bluelike stems with half inch thistle type flowers also tinged a silvery blue.. It also reminds me of Swiss chard I have in my garden.

 

Hi All. Thanks for these replies. They could be Eryngium as I had one very near by last year but I moved it to the back of the border as it was too big at the front. I will keep an eye on them and see what comes of them.
Once again thanks for the feed back

 

Definitely not skunk cabbage, but the easiest way to determine if it's desirable or not [probably the latter!] is to wait for it to flower. You can then nip those out before they set seed, or pull it out completely, depending on what time you have for the job.
If it's something good, then that's a great result

 

Agree, definitely not skunk cabbage, leaves aren’t right.