The Fastest Flower in the West

Can you imagine a plant that moves so fast that science didn't know what it was doing until recently? The plant is a forest wild flower found in North America and called the Bunchberry dogwood. Ref: Science News, 6/11/05, p. 381, "World's Fastest Plant Explodes with Pollen." Photo: Bunchberry Dogwood Flower (PD)

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