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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 |
| Vernonia lindheimeri | Woolly Ironweed |  |
| Vernonia lindheimeri | Woolly Ironweed |  |
| Vernonia lindheimeri | Woolly Ironweed |  |
| Verbesina oreophila | Mountain Crownbeard |  |
| Verbesina oreophila | Mountain Crownbeard |  |
| Verbesina oreophila | Mountain Crownbeard |  |
| Verbena runyonii | Rio Grande Vervain |  |
| Verbena scabra | Sandpaper Vervain |  |
| Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White Crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia Crownbeard Indian Tobacco Richweed Squawweed |  |
| Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White Crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia Crownbeard Indian Tobacco Richweed Squawweed |  |
| Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White Crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia Crownbeard Indian Tobacco Richweed Squawweed |  |
| Verbena xutha | Gulf Vervain |  |
| Vitis cinerea var. helleri | Winter Grape Heller's Grape Gray-leaf Grape Smooth-leaf Grape Sweet Grape Spanish Grape |  |
| Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate Golden-eye |  |
| Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate Golden-eye |  |
| Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate Golden-eye |  |
| Vicia ludoviciana | Deer Pea Vetch Louisiana Vetch |  |
| Vicia ludoviciana | Deer Pea Vetch Louisiana Vetch |  |
| Viola missouriensis | Missouri Violet |  |
| Vitis mustangensis | Mustang Grape |  |
| Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida | Zexmenia Orange Zexmenia Hairy Wedelia Wedelia Texas Creeping-oxeye |  |
| Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida | Zexmenia Orange Zexmenia Hairy Wedelia Wedelia Texas Creeping-oxeye |  |
| Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida | Zexmenia Orange Zexmenia Hairy Wedelia Wedelia Texas Creeping-oxeye |  |
| Yucca arkansana | Arkansas Yucca Softleaf Yucca |  |
| Yucca campestris | Plains Yucca |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |