May 092014
The mock strawberry (Duchesnea indica) beguiles Piney Woods Church Road passers-by with its brilliant red, luscious-looking fruits. Alas, it is all appearance; supposedly it has no flavor at all. It is not even related to the true strawberry; its resemblance is the result of convergent evolution, not genetic similarity. But oh how lovely it is, evoking the harvests of a summer soon to come.
