Carolina Snail Seed
Carolina Snailseed's scientific name is Cocculus carolinus, or "little berry from Carolina," but this epithet fails to reveal the source of its common name. To learn the secret, simply pluck one of the ripe, nearly translucent berries and remove the scarlet skin and colorless pulp. What remains is a flat, off-white, dimpled, quarter-inch seed that somewhat resembles a snail to some observers--hence its nickname of Carolina Snailseed.
The berries turn from green to red as they ripen.
This batch is growing in my apple tree in the back yard
1/50 , f/16, ISO 800, Aperture priority
Copperas Cove, TX
Uploaded on January 10, 2008