Beautyberry flowers

Tiny white purplish flowers in a bunch:


Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) at Okra Paradise Farms
by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 June 2008.

Growing along the stems of a green-smelling bush:


Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) at Okra Paradise Farms
by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 July 2010.

Also known as French mulberry, dwarf mulberry, Spanish mulberry, sow berry, and sour berry. Not sour at all: the little purple berries taste like the flowers smell, and you can make marvelous jelly out of them.

-jsq