[bluesagewoman]

Those dried pods are poppy pods. They contain the substance heroin is made from. Before it became a drug of abuse morphine was used as a pain killer and sedative. Many a wounded soldier was happy with it before use of more synthetic chemicals. The lack of opium to relieve suffering of soldiers was always heartbreaking.

Didn't think you'd like flowers, so sent that insead! Thanks for the ping. Believe me, we had angels beneath our wings on our first solo flight!

[SAMWolf]

This is the only poppy I have any familiarty with. I knew morphine came from opium but never knew what a poppy pod looked like.