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Bunchberry flower. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesharrisanderson/5622202090">James Anderson</a>, CC some rights reserved
Bunchberry flower. Photo: James Anderson, CC some rights reserved

Natural Selections: Exploding Flowers

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Some flowers open quickly, and some are even spring-loaded--like the venus fly trap--but the floral deployment speed record belongs to the lowly dogwood relative, the bunchberry, which when triggered opens its tiny four-petal bloom in less than a millisecond. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss flower power.

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