I don't know about any magical (or even medicinal) properties of the mayflower, but I do know what it looks like. It's a moist-woodland plant, bright shamrock-green, that grows in colonies, each plant maybe 10-12 inches tall. Each one has an "umbrella" of a single leaf (with about 7 lobes or so -- don't remember for sure) on a straight, strong, vertical stem. The flower grows on a delicate little curved stem immediately under the main leaf, is generally hidden by the leaf, and is pale and creamy; it looks so different and delicate compared to the robust leaf and stem that you'd almost think they were a botanical hoax!
Is this the one you mean? I'm dredging my memory on this -- we used to have them growing in the deeper woodsy areas behind my house in New Jersey. There are probably other plants called "mayflowers" in other areas of N. America that are completely unrelated to this one, but this is the only one I'm even vaguely familiar with. Hope it helps!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Wanniassa, Canberra, where we're having two *glorious* autumn days, and the thousands of imported deciduous trees are giving us a spectacular color show!
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