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The red seeds

11 years ago

The picture doesn't post. It has multiple red seeds on a dark brown stem. Finally.

Comments (11)

  • 11 years ago

    Maybe an Arum

    whatis123 Mo.(6) thanked Tomas (Sweden z3b USAD)
  • 11 years ago

    Looks like the seed head on Arum italicum. Leaves go dormant in summer.

    whatis123 Mo.(6) thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
  • 11 years ago

    It really does look like that on Google's information. I really don't know where it came from because I never planted it. Amazing. Thanks all for the Identification.

  • 11 years ago

    Birds or other wildlife can spread the seeds. That's why it is rapidly becoming considered an invasive species in many areas.

    whatis123 Mo.(6) thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
  • 11 years ago

    It must have been the birds because we have a feeder right above that area and they are often on the ground below it .

  • 11 years ago

    Judging by the large leaf near by and the red berries I'd say your plant is a wildflower called bunch berry (Cornus canadensis) It has large leaves and a white flower which turns into a bunch of red berries. It is native to Asia and ranges from New Mexico to Greenland in North America

    whatis123 Mo.(6) thanked dowlinggram
  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    The nearby leaves are Hosta and this is definitely not Cornus canadensis.

    This looks more like the fruit of Arisaema triphyllum than Arum italicum to me. In Arum the berry shape is different, more rounded with a definite indentation at the blossom end, and the fruiting head is longer, denser and more uniform. Arisaema triphyllum is native to N America and not thus invasive.

    whatis123 Mo.(6) thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Bunchberry - Cornus canadensis - does not produce dense clusters of berries as shown in the photo nor are the leaves particularly large. They are also in clusters of 6 - 2 larger basal leaves and 4 smaller axillary leaves. The foliage is not summer dormant and the berries, in loose clusters of 5-9, would appear in the center of the leaf cluster. And it spreads rhizomatously, so very unlikely that just a single plant/seedhead would be present. I am 95% sure that is the seed head of Arum italicum and the larger leaves showing in the photo belong to another plant type, perhaps hosta.

    Edit: Floral makes a reasonable case for arisaema, but that sure doesn't look like the type of situation that plant would pop up naturally. And that plant and its flower is pretty distinctly unusual, so I would think rather noticeable before producing the seedheads.

    whatis123 Mo.(6) thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
  • 11 years ago

    Floral. uk z

    yes you may be right, I do have Jack in the pulpit there and could actually be their seed. Jack in the pulpit seed picture

    from Wikipedia attached.

  • 11 years ago

    Well there ya go!! Once again, floral has nailed it :-) And like many other aroids (including the Arum italicum), the ariseama foliage goes summer dormant.