Looks like a weed. Grows on the side of the road, off the side of a hill in the poorest of soil.

The bud is small but the bloom is a large multi-stemen pink flower. The fruit is a small squash shape.

I am so excited about a new discovery I have made: CAPERS

I had noticed a weed on the side of the road last year that I was not familiar with (I know almost every known weed between my taxonomy class and days spent hoeing on the farm). This year I saw a person busily picking seeds (it is actually the bud) from the weed and was curious about it. I asked Nikko what the plant was. He replied, "caper plant". I was so excited to finally see this plant. I have wondered about it since I was a kid. I know this seems a silly thing to be excited about but it is all my loves, plants, food, understanding, travel all roled into one. It is the small things.

-B. Lee