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I have no idea what these interesting little seed pods will grow up to be, but in their seed stage, they are fascinating to look at. 
The leaves resemble Arrowleaf Balsam Root. But I can’t figure these pods belonging to that family.
The pods are about 3 – 4 inches long.
They are quite lovely, aren’t they?
Do you know what they are?
Rangewriter 
Interesting.
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Those are lovely milkweed, Rangewriter. Extremely important to the Monarch butterfly. Loosing milkweed to agriculture’s chemicals is becoming a real problem to Monarch survival.
Check out http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141010-monarch-butterfly-migration-threatened-plan/
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Aha! Thanks, Dean. I knew someone would come along and identify those plants for me. I’ tickled to know what milkweed actually looks like. I had it visualized quite differently. I have heard a great deal about the loss of milkweed habitat for the monarchs. Well, at least there’s a nice stand of them out by the Shakespeare Festival grounds!
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I read the others and agree with milkweed. I used to see them a lot when I was a child in eastern Canada. Yes, they are important to the Monarch. They used to secrete a milky substance, thus the name.
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I love the internet. There’s always something to learn. Now I can’t wait to go back next summer and check these milkweeds out when they’re “milking.”
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milkweed, and i would bet that the sap drips a white latex when the plant is growing/thriving.. congrats on helping the monarchs survive!
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http://nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/help-monarchs-with-the-right-milkweeds/
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I’ll be looking for these next summer! 😉
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it’s been a long time since i saw that type of milkweed in bloom, but i always thought that it would make a lovely ‘coddled’ plant on a trellis. the waxy flowers were quite exotic, and i have always loved the carefree wispy seeds and their boat-like pods… once i saw a christmas tree decorated w/those dried pods, but they had whimsical mice and other creatures in them, as if they were paddling canoes. that was in the brandywine museum, long ago – once uponce a time when i was married!
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I can visualize the decorated Christmas ornaments made from milkweed seed pods! They sort of cry out for a second life. I found it fascinating how the little brown seeds seemed to sort of uncoil in a spiral as the pod bursts open. Non of my photos captured that exact phenomenon.
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This is really strange. But the structures and patterns are really unique and interesting. Have a happy day! 😀
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Yes, and thanks to the wisdom of my wonderful followers I can now say with confidence that these are milkweed seeds! Perhaps I should edit the post.
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Oh Linda what a wonderful discovery. As you photograph and share beauty we get to enjoy the treasure hunt. I would love to be a seed that could wear such elegance
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Well said, Moondust! And thank you very much as always for your thoughtful comments.
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