Don't try to make pies from this tasteless mystery plant

BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium
Posted 5/18/11

Whatever humor this little plant might have must be truly tasteless. Well, its fruits are tasteless, anyway.

The fruits are gorgeous and brilliant red, and are dead ringers for the cultivated strawberry. Bite into it, though, and you'll get a …

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