i couldn’t identify this one for the life of me. i spent almost an hour bumbling through descriptions, and trying a reverse google image search. then i looked at the original plant again and noticed that the seed heads were sort of umbel shaped, and so i googled mn wildflowers with umbels, which led me first to a leaf that looked right, and that leaf led me to aniseroot, and aniseroot led me to these seed heads. i just rolled one between my fingers. yup . . . anise. score! plant geekery for the win.

aniseroot seeds

sucker lake regional trail, saint paul, minnesota