Jam tarts for ground-crawling insectsSourced
A flower is nicknamed jam tarts.
It faces down toward the ground.
Australia's Melichrus procumbens gets its common name from the shape and abundant nectar of its flowers. They hang near the ground, suggesting that crawling insects such as ants may pollinate them; that mechanism is not stated as certain.
Its name sounds sweet;
its audience may be tiny.
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