Thank you all for the replies! This one had me puzzled for a bit and I have a need to figure things out. At first I thought it could be some kind of a young red maple (I'm originally from Illinois) but that wouldn't explain the seed pods and I don't see too many maples around here. Then I thought purple basil but the leaves weren't right compared to other pics I've seen. Doing a search for "purple plant that looks like maple" just didn't cut it lol so thank you all
