PLANT OF THE MONTH
MAY 2021 — Mayapple
MAY 2021 — MayappleCommon Name: Mayapple
Latin Name: Podophyllum peltatum
Family: Berberidaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Origin: Eastern North America
Location at Bloedel Reserve: Rhododendron Glen
Garden Uses: Shade garden (giving it space to naturalize would be great)
Fun Fact: Not an apple at all (and not always blooming precisely in May), this Missouri native wildflower emerges from our perennial beds in early spring, quickly unraveling tall and wide, deeply lobed, palmate leaves.
From the leaf axil, a single 6-petaled white flower will appear. The genus name come from the Greek word podos meaning foot, and phyllon meaning leaf.
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