From University Falls 5/20/14 H318






Bunchberries
(Cornus canadensis) also called: creeping dogwood or Canadian bunchberry

This plant is unique in how it releases pollen. Each flower has highly elastic petals that flip backward, releasing springy filaments that are cocked underneath the petals. The filaments snap upward flinging pollen out of containers hinged to the filaments. This motion takes place in less than half a millisecond and the pollen experiences two to three thousand times the force of gravity. (from Wikipedia)



From Memalose Lake 6/5/14 H321




The Bunchberries (Cornus canadensis) were still blooming


From Hike to McIntryre Ridge 7/8/14 H329



Bunchberry - also called creeping dogwood
(Cornus canadensis) has very distinctive leaves.

Here you see the four distinctive leaves of this plant.






But let us look at the leaves when the plant is flowering.

Note that the flowering plant has six leaves

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From Memalose Lake 6/5/14 H321

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