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Gardening

KegCreekDem

(75 posts) Mon Sep 3, 2012, 03:21 PM Sep 2012

Help. Need seed identified.

My nephew picked this seed head from a forested campsite this weekend- (before I could give him the lecture about not picking flowers and seeds from the wild). Anyway it is a beautiful red/orange seed head on a long stalk. Does anyone have any idea what it is?

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BTW, I threw it back into the woods to give it a chance to propagate.

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Help. Need seed identified. (Original Post) KegCreekDem Sep 2012 OP

Calla Lily Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #1

jack-in-the-pulpit. mopinko Sep 2012 #2

You're probably right. you could eat a seed to make sure Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #3

That was my first thought. Pretty, but not good eats. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #5

Thanks for the info KegCreekDem Sep 2012 #4

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

1. Calla Lily

Reply to KegCreekDem (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 03:42 PM

Sep 2012

mopinko

(71,998 posts)

2. jack-in-the-pulpit.

Reply to KegCreekDem (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 04:08 PM

Sep 2012

plant those seeds in a shady spot.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

3. You're probably right. you could eat a seed to make sure

Reply to mopinko (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 06:00 PM

Sep 2012

If your tongue swells up and gets itchy and burns, it's a Jack in the pulpit. If not, it's a calla

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

5. That was my first thought. Pretty, but not good eats.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 02:04 PM

Sep 2012

KegCreekDem

(75 posts)

4. Thanks for the info

Reply to KegCreekDem (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 06:21 PM

Sep 2012

I'm excited- I love Jack-in-the Pulpit. I will have to go back next year and see if any of them come up. I threw them in a shady area. I will have to pass on the taste test though.

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