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Native Seed Imaging Project
Bruce Leander, Wildflower Center volunteer photographer, put his considerable skills to the test this winter when he set out to chronicle hundreds of seeds of Texas species collected by the Wildflower Center for storage in the Millennium Seed Bank Project - a global plant conservation effort developed by England's Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. The process required the use of a high quality macro lens with extension tubes and three flash units to capture the beautiful intricacy of seeds of plants the Center hopes to protect from extinction. Staff member, Minette Marr, and a small army of volunteers painstakingly prepared the seeds and removed dust and debris to make the seeds camera-ready.
We would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Sam Elkin, Charlene Faris, Maggie Glazener, Pippa Gordon, Patty Koeninger, Betty Korts, Karen Langridge, Betty Mading, George Mading, Rae Minyard, Robert Neese, Susan Norwood, Sam Strickland, Guy Thompson and Janice Zimmerman who provided invaluable assistance during the photoshoots and on other parts of the project.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abronia ameliae | Amelia's Sand-verbena Heart's Delight |  |
| Abronia ameliae | Amelia's Sand-verbena Heart's Delight |  |
| Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | Oppositeleaf Spotflower Opposite-leaf Spotflower |  |
| Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | Oppositeleaf Spotflower Opposite-leaf Spotflower |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby copperleaf Three-seeded mercury |  |
| Agalinis edwardsiana | Plateau false foxglove Plateau agalinis Plateau gerardia Plateau false-foxglove |  |
| Allium canadense | Meadow garlic Wild garlic Wild onion |  |
| Allium canadense var. mobilense | Meadow garlic Wild onion |  |
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's onion Wild Garlic Drummond wild onion |  |
| Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common bee-brush Beebrush Privet lippia |  |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Chisos Mountain false Indianmallow Chisos Mtn. False Indian-mallow Velvet-leaf Mallow |  |
| Ammannia coccinea | Valley redstem Scarlet tooth-cup |  |
| Ambrosia confertiflora | Weakleaf bur ragweed |  |
| Amaranthus greggii | Gregg's amaranth |  |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy |  |
| Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap |  |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Tall bluestem Turkeyfoot |  |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem |  |
| Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy daisy Arkansas lazy daisy Arkansas doze-daisy |  |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine |  |
| Aquilegia chrysantha | Golden columbine Yellow columbine Southwestern yellow columbine |  |
| Aquilegia chrysantha | Golden columbine Yellow columbine Southwestern yellow columbine |  |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's golden columbine Yellow columbine Hinckley columbine Capote columbine |  |
| Argemone albiflora | Bluestem pricklypoppy White pricklypoppy |  |
| Aristida lanosa | Woollysheath Threeawn Woolly Three-awn |  |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple three-awn Red threeawn |  |
| Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy Rose Prickly poppy Red Prickly Poppy |  |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope Horns Spider milkweed Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns |  |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root Chigger flower |  |
| Atriplex matamorensis | Matamoros saltbush |  |
| Baccharis bigelovii | Bigelow's false willow |  |
| Bahia pedata | Bluntscale bahia |  |
| Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Bush pea Green wild indigo Yellow wild indigo Yellow wisteria |  |
| Berlandiera betonicifolia | Texas greeneyes Broochflower |  |
| Berlandiera pumila | Soft greeneyes |  |
| Bidens alba | Common Beggarticks Shepherd's Needles Spanish Needles Butterfly Needles Hairy Beggarticks Romerillo |  |
| Bidens laevis | Smooth beggartick Smooth bidens Smooth bur marigold Larger bur marigold |  |
| Bothriochloa alta | Tall beardgrass |  |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita |  |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita |  |
| Bouchea linifolia | Flaxleaf bouchea Groovestem bouchea |  |
| Bothriochloa longipaniculata | Longspike beardgrass Longspike Silver Bluestem |  |
| Bolboschoenus robustus | Sturdy Bulrush |  |
| Bouteloua trifida | Red grama |  |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Gravel-bar brickellbush |  |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry |  |
| Catalpa bignonioides | Southern catalpa Cigar tree Indian bean |  |
| Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee sedge |  |
| Carex complanata | Hirsute sedge |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |