Going to Seed

Almost all of this year's wildflowers are either well on their way or have already gone to seed. Many of the wildflowers produce a seedpod with their own distinctive beauty:

These are the seedpods of Velvet-leaf Mallow. Each pod consists of five carpals in a star shaped pattern.

This set of photographs was taken along the El Camino Trail at the Medina River Natural Area on Tuesday, November 19, 2013.