Mystery seeds

[ChrisB]

Hi folks,  this is really dumb, but I found some stems with seeds on today, must have put them down and left them by mistake.  Anyhow, the seeds are now ripe but I just cannot think what they are.  As there are three sections in the pod I rather think they are iridaceae family, but maybe not.  If you think you can give me a clue I'd be happy.  Such a lot of seed and I just don't remember what it is!  Yikes, getting old...

[Ezeiza]

Or the other families with bulbs, Maren.

[antondewaard]

Iris ....?

[ChrisB]

Not iris, the seed pods were too many on each stem.  Could they be erythronium seed?  That's the only thing I can think of, been racking my brain....

[Ezeiza]

Scilla greilhuberi and others have this type of seed.

[Lesley Cox]

 A dwarf Narcissus?

I always have at least half a dozen seed pots with ? on the label. Pity, as I can't send them away.

[David Nicholson]

Erythronium??

[ChrisB]

Thanks for trying to help folks.  I should have photographed the whole stem, but it was at least 15 inches and very stiff with multiple seed pods on each.  The only thing I can think of up that part of the garden was erythronium, but having never seen seed from that, I'm not sure.   Could be anything from my bulb bed though.  What a dummy eh?  Next year I'll remember *not* to repeat this!  So I'll sow them and see what happens I guess.

[Lesley Cox]

Never seen erythronium seeds? I don't believe it, not if you read the Bulblogs. Usually they're paler, brown/tan shades. If there are multiple pods per stem, I'm wondering about bluebells?

[ChrisB]

Can't be bluebells Lesley, I wouldn't save seed from them for starters, but the stems of these seeds were very stiff and very long, longer than most bluebell stems, and also quite a bit bigger. The shape of the pod is similar to that of irises generally, but I have no irises that would have been seeding so soon, I'd left them there a month or more ago.  At least I can now eliminate erythronium from the mix.  I'm just going to have to sow them and try to figure out what they are.

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks for trying to help folks.  I should have photographed the whole stem, but it was at least 15 inches and very stiff with multiple seed pods on each. 

Perhaps it is one of the Asphodelus species?
cheers
fermi