Corpse flower blooming at NC State in JC Raulston Arboretum

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Things are about to get a little stinky in the NC State campus area.

One of the biggest and stinkiest flowers in the plant kingdom, also known as the corpse flower, is blooming this week at North Carolina State University. The rare titan arum is commonly known as the corpse flower due to the odor of its flower. Many people describe it as smelling like rotting flesh.

Plant Conservatory Curator Diane Mays was given a dormant corm of Amorphophallus titanum from Ohio State University's Biological Science Department in 2017.

Mays has proudly named this corpse flower Wolfgang, keeping with the NC State Wolfpack theme.

The corpse flower is located at the Ruby C. McSwain Education Center next to the Cascade Fountain.

The corpse flower produces a stinky odor (often described as being similar to rotting flesh) and heats up to the human body temperature as it blooms.