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Mayapple

Podophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native from Afghanistan to China, and from southeast Canada to the central and eastern United States. The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

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Mayapple is likely carpeting the forest floor of any wooded park or trail near you right now — an...

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Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 1427 observations this week

Mayapple's spring bloom is a reliable sign that your local forest is waking up, and tracking its ...

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Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 2390 observations this week

Mayapple carpets the forest floor of nearly every eastern North American woodland in spring, and ...

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mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in Long View, NC, US

Community-recorded sightings like this help scientists and conservationists track where native wi...

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mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in R25M+R3 Riverside Park,...

Finding a native woodland plant like mayapple thriving in a busy city park shows that urban green...

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mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in St Clair Ave, Grosse Po...

Mayapple carpets woodland floors and produces a fruit edible when fully ripe — spotting it thrivi...

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mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in Oxford Pl, Charlottesvi...

Mayapple patches like this one can quietly spread through your shaded garden beds each spring, of...

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mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in Chipping Ct, Virginia B...

Mayapple is a native woodland wildflower that can signal the health of local ecosystems — spottin...

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mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in East Lansing, MI, US

Mayapple patches in Midwest woodlands and shaded gardens signal a healthy, intact forest understo...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Podophyllum
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Podophyllum
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Ranunculales