A genus of low-growing plants in the dogwood family, native to northern regions, featuring white flowers and red berries, commonly called bunchberry or dwarf cornel.
From Greek 'chamae' (low), 'peri' (around), and 'clymenum' (possibly related to climbing). This genus was separated from the larger Cornus genus.
Bunchberry has an explosive pollination strategy—its stamens are spring-loaded and snap open to fling pollen through the air in a violent motion that lasts just 0.6 milliseconds, faster than you can blink.
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