This is the unusual fruit that gives this plant its name. The papery "bladder" contains 1-4 pale brown hard seeds. They come loose later in the fall when ripe and rattle around inside.
A string of bladders along a branch.
A bladder left over from the previous year. Spring flowers of this plant are visible in the background.
Spring flowers (early June).
The compound leaf (opposite pattern along the stems).
The trunk of this shrub has a striped pattern to it.
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