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Leander, Bruce
Toting tripod and a camera bag, Bruce Leander is a familiar site at the Wildflower Center. He got interested in botanical photography in his wife's garden-she is a master gardener and a regular contributor to Texas Gardener magazine. "We loved the Wildflower Center, and I thought perhaps they could use my photography to help communicate what a special place it is and how fortunate we are to have it right here in Austin," Bruce said. "Meanwhile, I'm having a great time and learning a lot about native plants and all the creatures I see here."The Wildflower Center staff are grateful for our relationship with Bruce and for his contributions of his magnificent fine art photographs, which are used for exhibits as well as enhancing the Native Plants of North America (NPONA) image database.
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scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Nemastylis tenuis | Southwestern Pleatleaf | |
Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Silver Leaf Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura | |
Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura | |
Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura | |
Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed False Gromwell | |
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia strigil | Marblefruit Pricklypear Marblefruit Prickly Pear | |
Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass Beachgrass Coastal Panic Grass | |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
Paspalum floridanum | Florida Paspalum | |
Paspalidium geminatum | Egyptian Panicgrass | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
Paspalum pubiflorum | Hairyseed Paspalum | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
Peritoma multicaulis | Slender Bee-plant Slender Spiderflower | |
Penstemon wrightii | Wright's Penstemon Wright's Beardtongue Wright Penstemon Wright Beardtongue | |
Phaseolus acutifolius | Tepary Bean | |
Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
Phalaris caroliniana | Carolina Canarygrass Maygrass | |
Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | Mcallister's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
Phaseolus maculatus | Spotted Bean Metcalf Bean | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia | |
Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
Phacelia rupestris | Rock Phacelia | |
Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
Piptochaetium avenaceum | Blackseed Speargrass | |
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 | |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
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 angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
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 mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
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 | |
Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
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 | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |