Shown here is a newly emerging mayapple as it looks a day or so before its leaves fully open.  I found this one in early April at night.  It is growing against the base of a tulip tree where ...

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 ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After mapping out the genome for the mayapple, researchers from ...

The question comes up every spring. How does this unique little woodland plant, that comes up in March looking like a miniature umbrella and blooming in April, earn the name mayapple? The mayapple ...

During my first visit to Monticello last month, I came across a wonderful book that piqued my interest in native plants. Andrea Wulf’s highly engaging “The Brothers Gardeners” brings to life the ...

Loving something or someone with a name you can't pronounce can take its toll. There's the Champs-Élysées in Paris; San Gimignano, the city of towers in Tuscany; and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, ...

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, ...

DRESDEN — At Mayapple Farms, situated in the middle of the forest in Dresden, just a few steps can lead from cherry trees to dill to catnip to raspberries to ginseng to apple trees and practically ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ijams Nature Center has a big weekend ahead as paddling season kicks off at Meads Quarry on Saturday with equipment being sanitized between each use. But one draw to the center each ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As an endangered species with a habitat as high as 4,000 meters above sea level, the Himalayan mayapple is not an easy ...