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pixie62560

May 23, 2014 5:14 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Celeste
Northernmost and largest state (Zone 5a)
The Vacation Land!

Can anyone help with this? I would like to enter into plant files but want to make sure I enter into the correct one. It's flowers are white/cream and I live in Maine zone 4b/5a

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dave

May 23, 2014 9:41 AM CST

Garden.org Admin

Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)

All I can recognize is that it's a mayapple of some sort, a Podophyllum, I think.

http://garden.org/plants/searc...

P.S. PlantFiles is the name of the database over at DG. The better database is here at ATP.

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pixie62560

May 23, 2014 11:41 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Celeste
Northernmost and largest state (Zone 5a)
The Vacation Land!

Thanks Dave, I knew it was a Mayapple....didn't know which one.

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plantladylin

May 23, 2014 11:54 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

My guess is Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

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KentPfeiffer

May 23, 2014 12:04 PM CST

Plants Admin

Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)

pixie62560 said:Thanks Dave, I knew it was a Mayapple....didn't know which one.

Is it a wild plant or something you planted? If it's a wild plant, there is only one likely option: Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

If it was planted, identification might be more difficult because there are a number of Asian species and several of those species have been hybridized to create cultivars.

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pixie62560

May 23, 2014 3:05 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Celeste
Northernmost and largest state (Zone 5a)
The Vacation Land!