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Sep 4, 2026 7:52 PM CST

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Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)

Neighbors' plant has been dropping these on our back patio for weeks. Any idea what the seeds might be? Subtropical zone 11, strictly seasonal, about 2" wide.

| @Baja_Costero | Post #3405952 (1)

Sep 4, 2026 8:12 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Possibly this: Araucaria

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

| @crawgarden | Post #3405958 (2)

Sep 4, 2026 9:06 PM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

Yeah. They look like scales from a conifer cone.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

| @Leftwood | Post #3405968 (3)

Sep 5, 2026 9:08 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Vero Beach, Florida (Zone 10a)

Pinus quadrifolia?
https://www.native-nature.org/...

Pinus californiarum?
https://www.native-nature.org/...

I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt. Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #3406043 (4)

Sep 5, 2026 9:25 AM CST

Plants Admin

Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)

I think I found it. Thank you, everyone.

| @Baja_Costero | Post #3406047 (5)

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