On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:19:20 GMT, Ron Hardin wrote:
What's this umbrella-like weed, Central Ohio
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w30.jpg

Does it put out a flower eventually, or am I watching them in vain?

You've got a very nice wildflower there, not a weed at all. Mayapple,
Podophyllum peltatum. To find the flower, look for the plants
with two leaves (there seem to be several in the photo that might do),
and look from the side... the flowers are borne where the "leaf stems"
form a V. Later in the year, look for the fruit, which are green and
sort of egg shaped, and hang down:
http://www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/...s/mayapple.htm
http://www.life.umd.edu/emeritus/rev...W/flowers.html (search
the page for "Podophyllum")
http://www.kansasnativeplants.com/podo-pelt.html
Nice writeup on ethnobotany: http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/leaflets/mayapple.htm


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