What is this plant?

[Crosshairy]

I saw several patches of this plant while turkey hunting with my dad this morning. He and I took several guesses at what it was, but I looked up pictures of them when I got home and they were all incorrect.

They kind of stand out, since not much green has sprouted in the woods yet, so I thought maybe it was something special.

Thanks for the info!

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Mayapples is what I call em.

 

[CopperHead77]

What steven said

 

[Crosshairy]

awesome! thanks steven! I'm reading up on them now. Turns out they're entirely poisonous, except for the "apple" that they produce. It can be eaten once it's fully ripened and the seeds have been taken out.

I also read a little blurb in an article that says (according to legend) that the Native Americans made a poison out of them, which was sometimes used to commit suicide.

The root can also be made into a laxative. Good to know...

 

[Chaneylake]

Mayapples is what I call em.

thanks for the id,

i did a google search plants mayapple, interesting reading

 

[RUGER]

Good ole Mayapples.
Walked through a blue kazillion of those things in my life.

 

[pety221]

what steven said

 

[boweye91]

Do deer eat it or is it just an interesting looking plant?

 

[HOOK]

NO deer dont eat it.