Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
04 / 27 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Cartersville
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
jixichick
Notes:
These started growing in a small area beside our house. We moved in in September so we are not sure if these are volunteers or if they were planted there. I haven’t seen them anywhere else in the yard. They have large 5-6 section leaves- from6-8″ in diameter. In March each leaf had a 2″ white flower that is now a green fruit about1″ long. The fruit smells similar to a pepper and resembles a pepper inside- hollow with a seed core.
Comments
CLAIRE W HAYES Unregistered says:
Any tips on transplanting may apples? Tree guys are about to take down a sweetgum, may apples are definitely in harm’s way!
February 18th, 2018 at 1:06pm
Mike McKinney Unregistered says:
Yes this is mayapple – common in the woods around my house.
May 1st, 2014 at 12:54pm
Jixichick Registered says:
Wow. Thanks so much for helping identify this for me 🙂
April 28th, 2014 at 6:43pm
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
Mayapple. You are very lucky to have those!
April 28th, 2014 at 7:24am
Pat Dewberry Unregistered says:
I have the same plant! I was about to post the picture when I saw yours – a friend from Tucker gave me one last year and he had been told that it was quite rare – I planted it in a whiskey barrel and thought it was dead – but now it’s back and has a couple of small white flowers under the leaves. I hope someone knows what it is.
April 28th, 2014 at 7:27am