Here is something neat. I was in the front yard this evening smelling my Gardenias and noticed this small bush growing beneath the Gardenia plant. I didn't recognize it until I saw the berrys. It is very dwarfed in all aspects and has galls all over it. I don't know what may have caused the galls.
Here is a close-up
I cut one open and it is not woody inside. It looks as if the gall is mostly bark and is filled with a solid green material that looks like phloem or cambium. I see no apparent eggs or insects in the gall but there is a suspect dark spot on each and at the top and the largest gall had developed a void where the dark spot was. Perhaps this may indicate a sting.
