Mayapple flower pictured from below the plant’s umbrella-like leaves. The flower is predominantly white with yellow anthers surrounding a yellow-green columnar ovary.

Close up of the flower—the individual veins are visible on some of the seven white petals.

A second flower. The greenish ovary in the center is clearly visible.

I know of only two patches of Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) within walking distance—one being right behind my house. They are one of the first plants to pop up each spring, their distinctive leaves like umbrellas. I finally got photos of the flowers this year!

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A close up photograph of the single white flower of Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum). One must get low to the ground to find this flower in bloom on Mayapple plants that have two leaves. Bumblebees are this plant’s primary pollinator.

A photograph of the large deeply cut leaf of Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) is a native ground cover with large deeply cut leaves. It slowly spreads via rhizomes carpeting bottomlands in the woods. Ours grow under wild cherry trees. A single white flower blooms. Its fruit looks like an apple and attracts box turtles. #podophyllumpeltatum

Mayapple plants unfurling their leaves in Spring

Mayapples are magical.

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The native mayapple

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