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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.
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| 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 |