May-apple  (Mandrake)

Podophyllum peltatum

The plant produces on round stems a pair of large (9 inches across) deeply divided horizontal leaves, under which, in the crotch there the two leaf-stems join, appears a yellow-white flower, up to 9 petals and about 2 inches across. These are often hidden by the leaves above (see photo below).

Under 2 feet, shade - partial shade.

Spring (April-June).

  The large leaves, often in colonies,   form a cover hiding the flowers.

8 June 2020.

May-apple, 25 May 2020.

A better fiew of the large, deeply-divided leaves (upper right).

25 May 2020.