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Gardening

alfredo

(60,134 posts) Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:31 PM Nov 2015

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An ID if you will. Unlabelled at our arboretum.

I usually love photographing seed pods, but this one repulses me on some level. I guess the spikes remind me of what you see on flies.

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An ID if you will. Unlabelled at our arboretum. (Original Post) alfredo Nov 2015 OP

looks like Narrow Leaf Cotton Bush NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #1

thank you. I just didn't use the correct search terms. alfredo Nov 2015 #4

Don't fall asleep next to it. OnyxCollie Nov 2015 #2

Ha! alfredo Nov 2015 #3

Some kind of asclepias? XemaSab Jan 2016 #5

Ok, so it is probably related to the cotton bush mentioned above. alfredo Jan 2016 #6

NRaleighLiberal

(60,493 posts)

1. looks like Narrow Leaf Cotton Bush

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:37 PM

Nov 2015

https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/declared-plants/narrow-leaf-cotton-bush-declared-pest

I google searched "pale green round seed pods with spines"!

alfredo

(60,134 posts)

4. thank you. I just didn't use the correct search terms.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:17 AM

Nov 2015

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)

2. Don't fall asleep next to it.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:11 AM

Nov 2015

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alfredo

(60,134 posts)

3. Ha!

Reply to OnyxCollie (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:15 AM

Nov 2015

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)

5. Some kind of asclepias?

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Jan 2, 2016, 11:20 PM

Jan 2016

https://www.google.com/search?q=asclepias+tree&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4wpb75IzKAhVQzGMKHbLCAqYQ_AUIBygB

alfredo

(60,134 posts)

6. Ok, so it is probably related to the cotton bush mentioned above.

Reply to XemaSab (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 3, 2016, 12:41 AM

Jan 2016

I used to eat milkweed when I was a younger lad. I had to boil it several times, changing the water to get rid of the latex. It is very high in Vit A.

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