About three weeks ago I did a post about the easily recognizable mayapple groupings that you can spot in the woods this time of year.
Well, it was time to check in on them and they are now flowering.
From Wikipedia: Podophyllum:
Though the common name is mayapple, it is the flower that appears in early May, not the "apple". The fruit or "apple" is produced early summer and ripens later in summer.
The unripe green fruit is toxic. The ripened yellow fruit is edible in small amounts, though when consumed in large amounts the fruit is poisonous. The rhizome, foliage and roots are also poisonous. Mayapple contains podophyllotoxin, which is highly toxic if consumed, but can be used as a topical medicine.
I'll try and remember to visit them again in a month or so to see how the apples are doing.
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