Mystery Seed of the Week 229

Our mystery seeds this week are from a common plant.

mystery-seeds-229-theseThe seeds have a collar-like structure around them.

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They are found in these delightful seed pods.

Do you recognize what plant these seeds are from? If you choose to, please leave a comment with your ideas.

Mystery seed answers and new Mystery seeds are posted on Tuesdays.

Edit:  The answer is now posted.

2 Comments

  1. Craig

    Spergula morisonii – Pearlwort Spurrey

  2. Roberta

    Craig,

    The seeds are quite similar to pearlwort spurrey, but the wings are less membranous or flimsy. Weird that the seeds are so similar given they aren’t even in the same family.

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