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eje
San Francisco, CA
(Zone 10a)

June 05, 2004
09:27 AM

Post #897543

Madeiran Cranesbill
Geranium maderense

Unripe seed pod, dry seed pod, seeds, and a quarter.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60114/

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eje
San Francisco, CA
(Zone 10a)

June 05, 2004
02:43 PM

Post #897925

Last year I was hoping to save some seed from this; but, I never looked close enough and only seemed to find empty pods. This year I discovered why. If you look at the middle pod you can see a portion of the flower is curved out from the middle. As the flower dries, it forms a kind of catapault or spring which flings the seeds as far as 20 feet from the parent plant.

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