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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 Farris, 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 |  |
| Acer negundo | Box Elder Box Elder Maple Ash-leaved Maple Ashleaf Maple Red River Maple Fresno De Guajuco |  |
| Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | Oppositeleaf Spotflower Opposite-leaf Spotflower |  |
| Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | Oppositeleaf Spotflower Opposite-leaf Spotflower |  |
| Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury |  |
| Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant |  |
| 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 | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow |  |
| Alnus serrulata | Smooth Alder Hazel Alder Brookside Alder Tag Alder Common Alder Black Alder |  |
| Amsonia ciliata | Fringed Bluestar Bluestar Texas Bluestar |  |
| Ammannia coccinea | Valley Redstem Scarlet Tooth-cup |  |
| Ampelopsis cordata | Heartleaf Peppervine Heart-leaf Ampelopsis |  |
| Ambrosia confertiflora | Weakleaf Bur Ragweed Weak Leaved Burweed Slimleaf Bursage |  |
| Amaranthus greggii | Gregg's Amaranth |  |
| Amsonia longiflora | Tubular Bluestar Trumpet Slimpod |  |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy |  |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy |  |
| Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap |  |
| Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap |  |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot |  |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot |  |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem |  |
| 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 White Prickly Poppy |  |
| Argythamnia aphoroides | Hill Country Silverbush |  |
| Aristolochia erecta | Swanflower |  |
| Aristida lanosa | Woollysheath Threeawn Woolly Three-awn |  |
| Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress |  |
| Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress |  |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn |  |
| Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy Rose Prickly Poppy Red Prickly Poppy |  |
| Aristolochia serpentaria | Virginia Snakeroot Virginia Dutchmanspipe |  |
| Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly Dutchman's Pipe Common Dutchman's Pipe |  |
| Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly Dutchman's Pipe Common Dutchman's Pipe |  |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns |  |
| Astrophytum asterias | Star Cactus Sand Dollar Cactus Sea Urchin Cactus Star Peyote |  |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed |  |
| Astragalus nuttallianus | Nuttall's Milkvetch Small-flowered Milkvetch |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |