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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 |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed Aquatic Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed Aquatic Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed |  |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed |  |
| Atriplex cristata | Crested Saltbush Quelite |  |
| Atriplex cristata | Crested Saltbush Quelite |  |
| Atriplex matamorensis | Matamoros Saltbush |  |
| Baccharis bigelovii | Bigelow's False Willow |  |
| Baccharis bigelovii | Bigelow's False Willow |  |
| Bahia pedata | Bluntscale Bahia |  |
| Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Yellow Wild Indigo Green Wild Indigo Bush Pea 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 |  |
| Bothriochloa alta | Tall Beardgrass |  |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita |  |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita |  |
| Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass |  |
| Bouchea linifolia | Groovestem Bouchea Flaxleaf Bouchea |  |
| Bothriochloa longipaniculata | Longspike Beardgrass Longspike Silver Bluestem |  |
| Bouteloua ramosa | Chino Grama |  |
| Bouteloua ramosa | Chino Grama |  |
| Bolboschoenus robustus | Sturdy Bulrush |  |
| Bouteloua trifida | Red Grama |  |
| Bouteloua trifida | Red Grama |  |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Gravel-bar Brickellbush |  |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Gravel-bar Brickellbush |  |
| Brickellia eupatorioides var. gracillima | False Boneset |  |
| Brickellia eupatorioides var. gracillima | False Boneset |  |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry |  |
| Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa Cigar Tree Indian Bean |  |
| Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa Cigar Tree Indian Bean |  |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam Blue Beech Water Beech Musclewood Ironwood |  |
| Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee Sedge |  |
| Carex complanata | Hirsute Sedge |  |
| Callirhoe digitata | Winecup Standing Winecup Poppy Mallow Wine Cup Finger Poppy-mallow |  |
| Castela erecta | Goatbush |  |
| Canna flaccida | Bandanna Of The Everglades Golden Canna |  |
| Canna flaccida | Bandanna Of The Everglades Golden Canna |  |
| Canna glauca | Water Canna Louisiana Canna Maraca Amarilla |  |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush |  |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush |  |
| Cakile lanceolata | Coastal Searocket |  |
| Castilleja lanata | Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush Woolly Paintbrush |  |
| Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow |  |
| Carex louisianica | Louisiana Sedge |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |