milkweed pod
Monarch butterfly nursery
A milkweed pod is the seed case of the milkweed plant—an elongated, rough-textured husk that splits open when ripe to release seeds attached to silky white fibers.
The fluffy seeds drift on the wind, a familiar sight in late summer fields.
Children often pull pods apart to watch the silk disperse: We spent the afternoon blowing milkweed pods.
- silkySmooth and lustrous
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- fluffySoft and light-textured
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
monarch · butterfly · caterpillar · life cycle · white · drift · wind · dispersal · seed dispersal · downy · split · green · dried · harvest · parachute · fiber · wild · meadow
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