...Moist
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 077-07-001:
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
COMMON NAME:
May-apple, American Mandrake
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pope_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0303k_10
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Leaves peltate and deeply lobed, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0503d_13
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Flower bud already visible between the two unfolding leaves.
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JK Marlow jkm070324_062
March Polk County NC
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Tim Spira tpsppeltatum2
March
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JK Marlow jkm0304u_13
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Only the two-leaved plants bear flowers, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0504k_21
April Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm080405_038
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm110415_569
April Carroll County GA
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JK Marlow jkm120403_367
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm160422_009
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_peltatum_3
April
Corolla white, firm; petals 6-9, stamens usually 12-18; stigma sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tim Spira tpspodophyllum_clones
April
They form large colonies through rhizomatous growth, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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JK Marlow jkm070506_094
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
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JK Marlow jkm120523_206
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120523_209
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120523_210
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
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JK Marlow jkm080726_001
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Yellow, fleshy, many-seeded, berry about the size of a small lemon, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.