Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 11 / 2020
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
West
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City
Denver
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State
Colorado
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Posted by
Walter Reeves
Notes:
These lightly stick to my dog when she walks in the field by our home. But if they are not immediately removed- they burrow in, the tail breaks off, and sometimes they get into her skin. I saw another person Post a similar seed pod with a similar corkscrew tail and you suggested it could be a seed from a stork plant. I looked at the picture of the stork plant also posted- and I donÕt think IÕve seen one of those in Denver, Colorado. IÕd really like to identify the plant from which this came!
Comments
laura735 Master Identifier says:
To my eyes these seeds pods have the diagnostic keys of stork-bill plant: the long slender spiral tail, and long seed pod with beak-like appearance. Check out the included link below for one of the stork-bill species that grows in CO, the redstem stork’s bill (Erodium cicutarium). Scrolling down for the distribution map. But not having the plant & its flowers, I still could be wrong. Please resubmit if you are able to find the plant(s)of these seeds pods. Best wishes! https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/erocic/all.html
July 14th, 2020 at 3:09am