Morton Grove's August mayapples

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