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Once again, the pods may help you identify the seeds.

The pods are pretty tough.

They are often opened by birds who are trying to get at the seeds inside.

Inside the pods are numerous small seeds.

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

Thanks to the volunteers at the Desert Botanical Garden who donated these for the photograph.

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.

Edit:  The answer is now posted.

Our mystery seeds this week did not photograph well.

Doesn’t it look like a black blob with some ridges on the back?

Perhaps seeing the seed pods will help you identify them.

The angle helps, too. The seeds have a smoother area underneath and a prominent “tooth.”

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

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.

Edit:  The answer is now posted.

 Sometimes common names can be misleading.

For example, when I opened the fleshy fruit surrounding these seeds I was half expecting to see a “pit.”

Instead there was a cluster of flat seeds inside. Obviously, the plants the fruit came from are not closely related to their namesakes.

Aren’t the softly fuzzy seeds nice, though?

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

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.

Edit:  The answer is now posted.