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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 |
| Pinus cembroides | Mexican Pinyon Mexican Pinyon Pine Pinyon Nut Pine Border Pinyon |  |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine |  |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine |  |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain |  |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree |  |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree |  |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo |  |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo |  |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed |  |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed |  |
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed |  |
| Porophyllum scoparium | Trans-pecos Poreleaf Poreleaf Shrubby Poreleaf Hierba del Venado Jarilla Pomerillo |  |
| Porophyllum scoparium | Trans-pecos Poreleaf Poreleaf Shrubby Poreleaf Hierba del Venado Jarilla Pomerillo |  |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley |  |
| Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel Cherry-laurel Laurel Cherry Carolina Laurel Cherry |  |
| Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower |  |
| Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum |  |
| Proboscidea parviflora | Doubleclaw Devil's Claw |  |
| Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal |  |
| Ptilimnium nuttallii | Laceflower Mock Bishop's-weed |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup |  |
| Ratibida peduncularis | Naked Mexican Hat Naked Prairie Coneflower |  |
| Rhynchospora corniculata | Shortbristle Horned Beaksedge Horned Beakrush |  |
| Rhynchospora glomerata | Clustered Beaksedge Cluster Beak-rush |  |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac |  |
| Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean |  |
| Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida |  |
| Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida |  |
| Rhynchospora recognita | Globe Beaksedge |  |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco |  |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry |  |
| Rosa foliolosa | White Prairie Rose Leafy Rose |  |
| Rumex chrysocarpus | Amamastla |  |
| Rumex chrysocarpus | Amamastla |  |
| Rumex chrysocarpus | Amamastla |  |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia |  |
| Rudbeckia grandiflora | Rough Coneflower Tall Coneflower Largeflower Coneflower |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower |  |
| Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower |  |
| Rudbeckia scabrifolia | Roughleaf Coneflower Sabine Coneflower Bog Brown-eyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia texana | Texas Coneflower |  |
| Rudbeckia texana | Texas Coneflower |  |
| Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry |  |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage |  |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon |  |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage |  |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass |  |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass |  |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass |  |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed |  |
| Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite |  |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage Penstemon Sage |  |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead |  |
| Salvia reflexa | Mintweed Lanceleaf Sage Lamb's-leaf Sage Rocky Mountain Sage Sage Mint Blue Sage |  |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage |  |
| Salvia whitehousei | Clustered Sage |  |
| Schaefferia cuneifolia | Desert Yaupon |  |
| Schkuhria pinnata var. guatemalensis | Wislizenus' False Threadleaf |  |
| Schkuhria pinnata var. guatemalensis | Wislizenus' False Threadleaf |  |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul |  |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul |  |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap Bushy Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap |  |
| Senna bauhinioides | Twinleaf Senna Twinleaf |  |
| Sesbania drummondii | Rattlebush Rattlebox Poisonbean |  |
| Selenia grandis | Large Selenia |  |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears |  |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna |  |
| Setaria scheelei | Southwestern Bristlegrass Scheele's Bristlegrass Scheele's Foxtail Grass Foxtail Grass |  |
| Senegalia wrightii | Wright Acacia Wright's Acacia Catclaw Acacia Catclaw |  |
| Sida abutifolia | Spreading Fanpetals Spreading Sida |  |
| Sicyos angulatus | One-seed Burr Cucumber Star Cucumber |  |
| Sicyos angulatus | One-seed Burr Cucumber Star Cucumber |  |
| Sisyrinchium biforme | Wiry Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower Bush Sunflower |  |
| Sideroxylon celastrinum | Saffron Plum Coma Saffron Plum La Coma Coma Milk Buckthorn Tropical Buckthorn Downward Plum Antswood |  |
| Silphium gracile | Slender Rosinweed |  |
| Sideroxylon lanuginosum | Gum Bumelia Gum Bully Woollybucket Bumelia Woolly Bumelia Gum Woollybucket Woolly Buckthorn Chittamwood Shittamwood Gum Elastic Coma Black Haw |  |
| Sicyos microphyllus | Small-leaf Bur Cucumber |  |
| Sida rhombifolia | Cuban Jute Axocatzin |  |
| Sida rhombifolia | Cuban Jute Axocatzin |  |
| Sida spinosa | Prickly Fanpetals |  |
| Sida spinosa | Prickly Fanpetals |  |
| Sida spinosa | Prickly Fanpetals |  |
| Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar Saw Greenbriar Catbriar Bullbriar Stretchberry Vine |  |
| Solanum dimidiatum | Western Horsenettle Western Horse-nettle |  |
| Sorghastrum elliottii | Slender Indiangrass |  |
| Sorghastrum elliottii | Slender Indiangrass |  |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod |  |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass |  |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass |  |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade |  |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod |  |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod |  |
| Sophora tomentosa | Yellow Necklacepod Yellow Sophora Necklace Pod Tambalisa |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |