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Today’s mystery seeds come from a landscape plant that is rising in popularity here in Arizona.

The seeds are held in fuzzy pods right on the plant.

If you open them, you find these funny seeds.

Don’t they look like tops? Or maybe beet roots?

Please leave a comment if you recognize the mystery seeds.

Edit:  The answer is now posted.

Our mystery seed this week is a true mystery.

I found this in a “gutter” along a road in Sierra Vista, Arizona. There were no trees or shrubs around that could have produced it. It was probably carried there during a recent rain storm.

As you can see, it is pretty large as seeds go.

If you shake it, you can hear a large seed inside the thin shell-like coating. You can see the seed tip peeking out of the bottom on the right.

Hint:  I think the discoloration at the other end, the left side of the photograph, helps indicate what it might be.

Please leave a comment if you recognize this mystery seed.

I will reveal what I *think* it is next Tuesday. Edit: The answer is now posted.

Frankly, you don’t see these seeds in their pods very often.

When the pods open, the seeds shoot out. What you usually see on the plants are open, empty seed pods.

Please leave a comment if you recognize these mystery seeds.

I’ll post the answer next Tuesday.