A common plant called American mayapple may soon offer an alternative to an Asian cousin that's been harvested almost to extinction because of its anti-cancer properties. The near-extinct Asian plant, ...

Named for its bloom time, Mayapple is a dramatic native spring wildflower found in woodlands, shady meadows and riverbanks throughout Ohio. The leaves emerge from the soil and unfurl like small ...

I took this photo at the edge of a wood lot on May 24. The mayapple plant is one of the earliest native woodland wildflowers to appear in springtime. It grows quickly to a height of from about a foot ...

"Mayapple" seems an unlikely name for a plant that ripens in September and isn't an apple at all. Mayapple blankets forest floors throughout eastern North America, and its contrasting growth habits ...

All parts of the mayapple plant are toxic, except for the ripe flesh of the fruit, but the seeds contained in the flesh are also toxic, as is unripe fruit. You will find this plant listed in folk ...

Mayapple" seems an unlikely name for a plant that ripens in September and isn't an apple. Mayapple blankets forest floors in eastern North America, and its contrasting growth habits and leaf shapes ...

The spring ephemeral wildflowers are now beginning to fade, with mayapple, the last of the parade, in full bloom. The mayapple, the last of the spring ephemeral wildflowers, has finished blooming, and ...

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WHAT: Mayapple rodgersia, also known as rodgersia podophylla, features big, strong, bold upright leaves that open to form a large mounded form. WHY PLANT IT: In early spring, its leaves emerge in a ...

A common weed called American mayapple may soon offer an alternative to an Asian cousin that's been harvested almost to extinction because of its anti-cancer properties. The near-extinct Asian plant, ...