Malva Sylvestris

Hi,

I'm new at collecting seeds and I want to make sure that I am actually getting the seeds off this beautiful plant! What I have collected are found where the flower used to be. It is a circle of (hopefully) seeds that break apart into approx. 8 seeds per. They have turned brown and easily come apart. The reason I am double checking is because these are like no seeds that I have seen before! Since they form a circle, the outer edge is round, yet the sides are flat as they were once connected to another seed on either side. Does this make any sense at all???!!! Ha!

I just thought of what they look like - a mini donut that has been equally divided into 8 sections! Mmmm.

This message was edited Wednesday, Aug 1st 2:30 PM

This message was edited Wednesday, Aug 1st 2:30 PM

That is exactly what the seeds looked like on my prairie mallow which is related.

Yup.... your're doing fine. Those are the seeds. The little round pods are called cheeses... I guess because they resemble a cheese wheel. All malvas have similar seed pods including Hollyhocks and Marsh mallow.