The weed

The weeds are announcing the autumn, yet in a way that takes me by surprise!

It’s their time to propagate. For a seed to be planted, in the case of this weed, its seed is carried by a vessel that’s quite ingenious. The vessel is a three-prong propeller. When wind blows, the propeller takes off. It lands in whatever crevice willing to harbor it for however long the wind and other forces don’t jostle it out again. But look how it lodges itself in the cracks between two tiles! How it manages to stay there is a mystery!

At the center of the propeller, is a stub shaped like a spear. The head of the spear, is the seed! I suppose the pointy head somehow anchors it in the soft surface long enough for it to stay lodged there!