Tag: medicinal qualities
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Mayapple in Bloom: Toxic with Medicinal Qualities
Leonard Weber May 7, 2025 Mayapple is a very common plant found in parts of the Eliza Howell Park forest. The plants resemble a group of umbrellas; the Cherokee name for it has been translated as “it wears a hat.” To see the flower and, later, the fruit, one needs to look under the umbrella.…