Looks like it could be milkweed, Robyn. Could you open it up a little bit and let us see what the seeds look like?

I could ask my friend to, she posted on FB asking if we thought it was milkweed. It doesn't look like any milkweed I've ever seen so I thought I'd bring the picture to the experts.

Here's a picture from the Butterflies forum that shows pointy pods like that. When they're getting ripe they turn color, yellow, reddish then eventually brown.

The thread "September 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

Go to the last page then scroll up to the picture that says "is this a milkweed". We all agreed that it is.

Thanks!

It does look like it might be a Milkweed Seedpod. It reminds me of Asclepias incarnata but it could be a lot of Milkweed seedpods look like that.


Another photo for comparison here: http://www.pbase.com/image/895...

There are apparently quite a few Milkweeds native to Minnesota: http://www.growmilkweedplants....

thanks!