It is the fruit of the Cornelian cherry that is the reason it has been used since ancient times. Though I’ve never seen it they say that each flower will become a small red fruit. The entire flower cluster seen here is barely an inch across. They are members of the dogwood family but you would never know it by the tiny flowers, each one about an eighth of an inch across. That ancient plant the Cornelian cherry ( Cornus mas) has bloomed. They’re prettier in my opinion, with their dark guide lines that help insects find the prize. I’ve read that the American Violet Society says that the white ones are just white versions of the common blue violet ( Viola sororia.) A kind of natural hybrid, I suppose. I was doubly surprised to see that they were white wood violets ( Viola sororia albiflora) because I see maybe one white one for every hundred blue / purple ones. Since violets don’t usually bloom here until the end of April, I was surprised to find them so early.
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