Mayapples are incorrectly named. The flowers appear in May, but the fruit, the apple that is, doesn't ripen until later in the summer. Earlier this week I photographed some "August apples" in Morton Grove's Linne Woods.
Earlier Morton Grove wildflower posts:
Mayapples
Orange daylilies
Giant nodding thistle invades Morton Grove!
Large-flowered coreopsis
Ohio spiderwort
Blue flag iris after a prescribed burn
After a prescribed burn: Morton Grove's brown lands
Daisies in Morton Grove
Common cinquefoil
Woodland phlox
Wild geraniums
Virginia bluebells
Red trillium
On this day: Linnaeus publishes major work; Morton Grove trillium
Blue violet, Illinois' state flower
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