Mayapple Fruit
Notice the fruit of the Mayapple, which is formed where the white bloom formed a month or so ago. The Mayapple is also called the hogapple, Indian apple, umbrella plant (shape of the leaves), wild lemon (flavor of the fruit), wild mandrake, American mandrake (shape of rhizomes) or "devil's apple".
This 10.4-mile hike was the first leg of the Ozark Highlands National Recreation Trail, a 165-mile-long hiking route that crosses a considerable part of northwestern Arkansas, mostly through the 1.2-million-acre Ozark National Forest. May, 2009.