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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Podophyllum peltatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Podophyllum peltatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-07-001:
Podophyllum peltatum FAMILY Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Podophyllum peltatum
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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 jkm0504k_21
April Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm080405_038
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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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JK Marlow jkm200403_3448
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3678
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Only the two-leaved plants bear flowers, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm240405_8374
April Spartanburg County SC
Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250429_0113
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_041721atlanta35
April DeKalb County GA
Native Plant Botanical Garden, Perimeter College, Georgia State University
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_041721atlanta36
April DeKalb County GA
Native Plant Botanical Garden, Perimeter College, Georgia State University
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_041721atlanta38
April DeKalb County GA
Native Plant Botanical Garden, Perimeter College, Georgia State University
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Tim Spira tpspodophyllum_clones
April
They form large colonies through rhizomatous growth, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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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 jkm240502_9007
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Podophyllum peltatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Podophyllum peltatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-07-001:
Podophyllum peltatum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Podophyllum peltatum
1108
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests, bottomlands, slopes, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Petiole attached to leaf's lower surface instead of margin; leaves peltate.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
6 sepals
6-9 petals
12-18 stamens (usually)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p229
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p134
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p160
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p056
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p188
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p234
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p354
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p174
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p135
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p016
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p082
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p128
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p046
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p067
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p426
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p052
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