...May flowers - White Baneberry

We've all heard the rhyme "April showers bring May flowers", but just what blooms in May? 
Follow along as we post about a new flower every day in May, some familiar, some may be new, all beautiful in their unique sort of way

This showy white flower is a member of the buttercup family (ranunculaceae). White baneberry has a showy white 'burst' of a flower in May that will form white 'dolls eyes' berries in the summer. All parts of this plant are highly toxic.
Differentiated from red bane berry by its thick floral stalk.