Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Mayapples have umbrella-like leaves on foot-tall stems. Plants with a forked stem and two "umbrellas" produce a single flower in the fork.
Mayapple is one of the most noticeable of our early spring wild flowers, not because of the flowers, but because of the large colonies of leaves produced in the woodlands.
Index- plants in this Family
Berberidaceae / Barberry Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Mayapple is also known as Mandrake. ...
Mayapple is a rhizomatous, native woodland perennial with leaves in the shape of an umbrella. They may form large colonies. In spring, white or pale pink waxy flowers are mostly hidden under the leaves.
Blue Cohosh, Umbrella Leaf and Mayapple are beautiful herbaceous perennials within the Barberry family (Berberidaceae) and are native of rich, slightly moist soils in open spots in woods.
Mayapple
(Podophyllum peltatum LINN.)
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Mandrake, American ...
Mayapple takes a couple of years to get established, then will spread rather aggressively by rhizomes, becoming a very substantial clump of large (ten inch) umbrella-leaves.
Himalayan Mayapple [English]: Podophyllum hexandrum
Himalayan Mayapple Podophyllum Hexandrum [English]: Podophyllum hexandrum
Himalayan Mint Shrub [English]: Colquhounia coccinea
Himalayan Mulberry [English]: Morus macroura ...
Other tough natives that save the day in shade include white wood aster (Aster divaricatus), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) and Solomon's seal (Polygonatum biflorum).
Podophyllum peltatum : Mayapple - Whole Plant
Polygonatum biflorum : Small Solomon's Seal - Landscape
Sanguinaria canadensis : Bloodroot - Whole Plant ...
Many species are shuffled back and forth between the genera and thus may have duplicate names, such as Berberis aquifolium and Mahonia aquifolium. The Mayapple family (Podophyllaceae) and a few other small families are sometimes included in the ...
odorata), hardy orchids (Bletilla striata and Calanthe sp.), northern sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium), robbs spurge (Euphorbia robbiae), wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), dead nettle (Lamium maculatum), (both the native and asian mayapple ...
The foliage of most kinds is leathery and a beautiful deep green. Individual leaves are deeply divided and "palmate", which means they are shaped roughly like a very large hand spread wide. They might remind you of mayapple or of pachysandra.
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Meadow rue (Thalictrum species)
Meadow saffron, autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula species)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria, Spiraea ulmaria)
Medlar (Mespilus germanica) ...
 See also: Apple, Green, Fruits, May, Pink
  
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