Identification: Plant ID?

Can anyone id this plant? It appeared early in spring and has these odd spotted stalks. We had this early warm spell this year that seems to have brought a bunch of new plants to the garden that were not there last year.

 

Maybe some kind of Arisaema ?

 

Could also be Amorphophallus. You should see blooms later this season - those will be definitive.

 

I had no idea this plant could be so interesting! When it blooms, I will post a new photo, thank you.

 

I believe that it is Dracunculus vulgaris.

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Yes: Dracunculus. Asked about fairly often.

 

Yes, that looks like it to a 'T'. It must have been dormant last year, but this year, it is covering a large swatch down the side of the house. Thanks, I am looking forward to seeing it bloom.

 

Inflorescences smell like a dead rodent at first, but odor goes away while these are still fresh-looking. Spectacular infrutescences may follow.