Here are some May Apple plants that I found at Mountain Lake in Giles County, Virginia, on May 25, 2006. Compared to the nearby valley, spring comes a little later up here on the mountain. I like the way this shot shows the entire May Apple plant including its single stem that goes up about 6 inches to the flower and then splits into a "Y," each with an umbrella-shaped leaf on top of each stem. The entire plant is about 1 foot high. Some May Apples have only a single stem, topped with a single leaf. These single-stemmed plants lack flowers.