Looks to me like sprouting seeds from zamia/cycads - not sure of the variety, but it's a native & makes a great landscaping plant for FL. I think birds spread those seeds. I find them in my yard & have dug up & transplanted a couple to pots - very slow growers.

That is a Zamia seedling. I dig them up daily.

Cool. I've never seen them in my yard before. Thanks for the comments.

I couldn't find any plants online with those round leaves. Will the leaves maintain the rounded shape or do they become elongated as it matures?

Thanks again...

Try doing an image search for zamia....

If you have one of the rounded-leaves forms, it should remain so. Wonderful plants, say I from a thousand miles away.

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They all start out with rounded leaves and then elongate. Very difficult to control. They produce hundreds of bright red-orange seeds that birds eat and then poop out all over the place. Almost 100% germination rate.

Wait what?! Is this not a desirable and native plant? I suppose anything could somehow, somewhere need to "be controlled" but Zamias are simply great plants. What'd I miss?

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Zamia pumila - Coontie is a Florida native. Zamia furfuracea - Cardboard palm is not.

Yeah, I knew that. But a junk plant? I'd hardly think so. That's a pretty hard line you're following there, Fawn.

I may never actually end up gardening in FL, but if I do, I suspect both coontie and cardboard will find a home in my yard. I really like both those things-in case you hadn't noticed, lol!

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Tom - This is from three very small seedlings 15 years ago. It's over 6 feet tall and equally as wide and now has dozens of smaller plants surrounding it. It is the annual source of new seedlings throughout my garden and much of the neighborhood. If you'd like some seeds, I'd be glad to send them your way.

Yeah, I get it now! I still like that cardboard thing.....a lot! But nobody appreciates volunteer seedlings all over the hell, myself included! Tell you what, pot some up, keep em watered and in perfect condition for me, for say....the next ten years or so. I'll come and get them,lol!

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