Native Wildflower Seed Gallery
We believe that images of seeds are not only important to identifying plants, but are also an underavailable resource. While the flashy parts of plants are often readily available, the seeds, seed pods and other parts are often totally unavailable online. As such, we have begun a seed gallery. Here you will be able to see an alphabetical list of plants and what they look like as seeds. We hope you find this helpful!
If we have an image of a plant as a seed, we will post it. Each image below can be clicked for a much larger photo!
(COMPLETE) listed after a genus means that all US native species are shown for that genus, but note, this does not include tropical species, or those from Hawaii or US territories; only the continental US and Alaska.
ABRONIA
Abronia angustifolia
Abronia latifolia
ACHLYS (COMPLETE)
ACONITUM
ACORUS (COMPLETE)
ACTAEA
ADLUMIA (COMPLETE)
AGALINIS
AGASTACHE
AGAVE
AGERATINA
AGRIMONIA
ALETRIS
ALLIUM
AMBROSIA
AMIANTHIUM (COMPLETE)
AMPELOPSIS (COMPLETE)
AMPHICARPAEA (COMPLETE)
AMSONIA
ANAPHALIS (COMPLETE)
ANDROMEDA (COMPLETE)
ANEMONE
ANEMONELLA
ANTENNARIA
APLECTRUM (COMPLETE)
APOCYNUM (COMPLETE)
AQUILEGIA
ARABIS
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS
ARETHUSA (COMPLETE)
ARISAEMA (COMPLETE)
ARTEMISIA
ARISTOLOCHIA
ASARUM
ASCLEPIAS
ASTRAGALUS
BAPTISIA
BERLANDIERA
BIDENS
BOEHMERIA (COMPLETE)
BOLTONIA
BOYKINIA
BRICKELLIA
CACALIA
CALAMINTHA
CALLA (COMPLETE)
CALLIRHOE
CAMPANULA
CAMPSIS (COMPLETE)
CARDAMINE
CASTILLEJA
CAULOPHYLLUM
CENTROSEMA
CEPHALANTHUS
CHAEROPHYLLUM
CHAMAECRISTA
CHAMAEDAPHNE
CHENOPODIUM
CHIMAPHILA
CHRYSOSPLENIUM
CIRCAEA
CIRSIUM
CLAYTONIA
CLEMATIS
CLINOPODIUM
CLINTONIA
COLLINSIA
COLLINSONIA
COMMELINA
CONOCLINIUM
CONOPHOLIS
CONVOLVULUS
COREOPSIS
CORNUS
CRYPTOTAENIA
CUCURBITA
CYNOGLOSSUM
CYPRIPEDIUM
DELPHINIUM
DESMANTHUS
DESMODIUM
DICHONDRA
DIMORPHOCARPA
DIODIA
DODECATHEON
DOELLINGERIA
DRABA
DROSERA
ECHINACEA
ECHINOCYSTIS
ENGELMANNIA
EPILOBIUM
ERECHTITES
ERIGERON
ERYTHRONIUM
EUPATORIUM
EUPHORBIA
EURYBIA
EUTHAMIA
EUTROCHIUM
FRITILLARIA
GAILLARDIA
GALIUM
GAULTHERIA
GAYLUSSACIA
GENTIANOPSIS
GERANIUM
GEUM
GLANDULARIA
GNAPHALIUM
HACKELIA
HELENIUM
HELIANTHEMUM
HELIANTHUS
HELIOPSIS
HEPATICA
HESPERALOE
HIBISCUS
HIERACIUM
HYDRANGEA
HYDRASTIS
HYDROPHYLLUM
HYLOTELEPHIUM
HYPERICUM
ILEX
IMPATIENS
IODANTHUS
IRIS
JAMESIANTHUS
JEFFERSONIA
KALMIA
KOSTELETZKYA
KRIGIA
LACTUCA
LATHYRUS
LEAVENWORTHIA
LESPEDEZA
LEUCOSPORA
LIATRIS
LILIUM
LINDHEIMERA
LITHOPHRAGMA
LITHOSPERMUM
LOBELIA
LONICERA
LYCOPUS
MAIANTHEMUM
MARSHALLIA
MATELEA
MATRICARIA
MELAMPODIUM
MENYANTHES
MERTENSIA
MIMOSA
MIRABILIS
MITELLA
MONARDA
ORBEXILUM
PARTHENOCISSUS
PEDICULARIS
PEDIOMELUM
PERSICARIA
PHASEOLUS
PHTYOLACCA
PROBOSCIDEA
RANUNCULUS
RHYNCHOSIA
RIBES
RUDBECKIA
SILPHIUM
SMALLANTHUS
SMILAX
SOLIDAGO
SYMPHYOTRICHUM
TOXICODENDRON
TRICHOSTEMA
TRIENTALIS
TRIODANIS
TRIOSTEUM
UTRICULARIA
VALERIANELLA
VERBENA
VERONICASTRUM
VIOLA
VITIS
YUCCA
ZIZIA
Achlys triphylla
Aconitum columbianum
Aconitum delphiniifolium
Aconitum uncinatum
Acorus americanus
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea rubifolia
Actaea rubra
Adlumia fungosa
Agalinis aspera
Agalinis auriculata
Agalinis gattingeri
Agalinis purpurea
Agalinis tenuifolia
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache neomexicana
Agastache nepetoides
Agastache rupestris
Agastache scrophulariifolia
Agastache urticifolia
Agave harvardiana
Agave lecheguilla
Agave parryi
Agave parviflora
Agave utahensis
Ageratina altissima
Ageratina aromatica
Ageratina jucunda
Ageratina occidentalis
Agrimonia gryposepala
Agrimonia parviflora
Agrimonia pubescens
Agrimonia rostellata
Agrimonia striata
Aletris aurea
Aletris farinosa
Allium acuminatum
Allium allegheniensis
Allium brandegei
Allium cernuum
Allium cratericola
Allium falcifolium
Allium hyalinum
Allium macropetalum
Allium oxyphilum
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium siskiyouensis
Allium stellatum
Allium textile
Allium tricoccum
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia chamissonis
Ambrosia psilostachya
Ambrosia trifida
Amianthium muscaetoxicum
Ampelopsis arborea
Ampelopsis cordata
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Amsonia illustris
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Anaphalis margaritacea
Andromeda polifolia
Anemone canadensis
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone multifida
Anemone quinquefolia
Anemone virginiana
Anemonella thalictroides
Antennaria howellii
Antennaria neglecta
Antennaria parvifolia
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Antennaria solitaria
Antennaria virginica
Aplectrum hyemale
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynum cannabinum
Aquilegia canadensis
Aquilegia elegantula
Aquilegia formosa
Arabis glabra
Arabis laevigata
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arethusa bulbosa
Arisaema dracontium
Arisaema triphyllum
Artemisia campestris
Artemisia ludoviciana
Aristolochia californica
Aristolochia macrophylla
Aristolochia serpentaria
Aristolochia tomentosa
Asarum canadense
Asarum caudatum
Asarum hartwegii
Asarum marmoratum
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Asclepias angustifolia
Asclepias arenaria
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias brachystephana
Asclepias californica
Asclepias cordifolia
Asclepias cryptoceras
Asclepias eriocarpa
Asclepias erosa
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias fascicularis
Asclepias glaucescens
Asclepias hallii
Asclepias hirtella
Asclepias humistrata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias labriformis
Asclepias lanuginosa
Asclepias latifolia
Asclepias linaria
Asclepias linearis
Asclepias macrosperma
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
Asclepias obovata
Asclepias oenotheroides
Asclepias ovalifolia
Asclepias perennis
Asclepias pumila
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias quadrifolia
Asclepias rubra
Asclepias solanoana
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias stenophylla
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias sullivantii
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias texana
Asclepias tomentosa
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias variegata
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias vestita
Asclepias viridiflora
Asclepias viridis
Astragalus canadensis
Baptisia australis
Baptisia tinctoria
Berlandiera subacaulis
Berlandiera texana
Bidens alba
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens cernua
Bidens connata
Bidens discoidea
Bidens frondosa
Bidens vulgata
Boehmeria cylindrica
Boltonia asteroides
Boltonia decurrens
Boykinia aconitifolia
Brickellia eupatorioides
Cacalia muehlenbergii
Cacalia suaveolens
Calamintha arkansana
Calla palustris
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Campanula americana
Campanula aparinoides
Campanula divaricata
Campanula rotundifolia
Campsis radicans
Cardamine douglassii
Cardamine pensylvanica
Castilleja coccinea
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Centrosema virginianum
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Chamaecrista nictitans
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium simplex
Chimaphila maculata
Chrysosplenium americanum
Circaea alpina
Circaea lutetiana
Cirsium discolor
Cirsium flodmanii
Cirsium hillii
Cirsium horridulum
Cirsium muticum
Cirsium pitcheri
Cirsium undulatum
Claytonia caroliniana
Claytonia lanceolata
Claytonia sibirica
Claytonia virginica
Clematis fremontii
Clematis pitcheri
Clematis versicolor
Clematis virginiana
Clinopodium vulgare
Clintonia borealis
Clintonia umbellulata
Collinsia grandiflora
Collinsia heterophylla
Collinsia parviflora
Collinsia verna
Collinsia violacea
Collinsonia canadensis
Commelina dianthifolia
Commelina diffusa
Commelina erecta
Conoclinium coelestinum
Conopholis americana
Convolvulus equitans
Coreopsis delphinifolia
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Coreopsis pubescens
Coreopsis tinctoria
Coreopsis tripteris
Cornus canadensis
Cornus sericea
Cryptotaenia canadensis
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cynoglossum virginianum
Cypripedium acaule
Cypripedium parviflorum
Cypripedium pubescens
Cypripedium reginae
Delphinium exaltatum
Delphinium menziesii
Delphinium tricorne
Delphinium virescens
Desmanthus illinoensis
Desmodium canadense
Desmodium ciliare
Desmodium floridanum
Desmodium glutinosum
Desmodium illinoense
Desmodium marilandicum
Desmodium nudiflorum
Desmodium strictum
Dichondra carolinensis
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Dodecatheon amethystinum
Dodecatheon meadia
Doellingeria umbellata
Draba ramosissima
Draba verna
Drosera filiformis
Drosera intermedia
Drosera rotundifolia
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea purpurea
Echinocystis lobata
Engelmannia peristenia
Epilobium angustifolium
Epilobium ciliatum
Epilobium coloratum
Epilobium leptophyllum
Erechtites hieraciifolius
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron pulchellus
Erigeron scopulinus
Erigeron strigosus
Erythronium albidum
Erythronium americanum
Eupatorium altissimum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia bicolor
Euphorbia corollata
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia marginata
Euphorbia maculata
Euphorbia nutans
Eurybia hemispherica
Eurybia macrophylla
Euthamia graminifolia
Eutrochium maculatum
Eutrochium purpureum
Fritillaria pudica
Gaillardia aestivalis
Gaillardia aristata
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Gaillardia pulchella
Galium aparine
Galium arkansanum
Galium asprellum
Galium circaezans
Galium concinnum
Galium lanceolatum
Galium pilosum
Galium tinctorium
Galium triflorum
Gaultheria hispidula
Gaultheria procumbens
Gaylussacia baccata
Gentianopsis crinita
Geranium bicknellii
Geranium caespitosum
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium maculatum
Geranium robertianum
Geum canadense
Geum laciniatum
Geum rivale
Geum vernum
Geum virginianum
Glandularia canadensis
Gnaphalium macounii
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
Hackelia deflexa
Hackelia virginiana
Helenium amarum
Helenium autumnale
Helenium flexuosum
Helianthemum canadense
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus debilis
Helianthus divaricatus
Helianthus giganteus
Helianthus maximiliani
Helianthus mollis
Helianthus nuttallii
Helianthus occidentalis
Helianthus schweinitzii
Helianthus strumosus
Helianthus tuberosus
Heliopsis helianthoides
Hepatica acutiloba
Hepatica americana
Hesperaloe parviflora
Hibiscus aculeatus
Hibiscus coccineus
Hibiscus grandiflorus
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
Hibiscus palustris
Hieracium gronovii
Hieracium paniculatum
Hieracium scabrum
Hieracium umbellatum
Hieracium venosum
Hydrangea arborescens
Hydrastis canadensis
Hydrophyllum canadense
Hydrophyllum capitatum
Hydrophyllum fendleri
Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Hylotelephium telephioides
Hypericum boreale
Hypericum canadense
Hypericum gentianoides
Hypericum hypericoides
Hypericum kalmianum
Hypericum majus
Hypericum mutilum
Hypericum prolificum
Hypericum punctatum
Hypericum pyramidatum
Ilex mucronata
Ilex verticillata
Impatiens capensis
Impatiens pallida
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
Iris fulva
Iris giganticaerulea
Iris versicolor
Jamesianthus alabamensis
Jeffersonia diphylla
Kalmia latifolia
Kalmia polifolia
Kosteletzkya virginica
Krigia biflora
Krigia virginica
Lactuca biennis
Lactuca canadensis
Lactuca floridana
Lactuca ludoviciana
Lathyrus eucosmus
Lathyrus japonicus
Lathyrus littoralis
Lathyrus ochroleucus
Lathyrus venosus
Leavenworthia uniflora
Lespedeza texana
Lespedeza virginica
Leucospora multifida
Liatris aspera
Liatris cylindracea
Liatris hirsuta
Liatris ligulistylis
Liatris mucronata
Liatris pycnostachya
Liatris scariosa
Liatris spicata
Liatris squarrosa
Lilium michiganense
Lilium philadelphicum
Lindheimera texana
Lithophragma parviflorum
Lithospermum canescens
Lithospermum caroliniense
Lithospermum latifolium
Lithospermum multiflorum
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia inflata
Lobelia kalmii
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia spicata
Lonicera canadensis
Lonicera dioica
Lonicera flava
Lonicera oblongifolia
Lonicera utahensis
Lycopus americanus
Lycopus aspera
Lycopus uniflorus
Maianthemum canadense
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum stellatum
Maianthemum trifolium
Marshallia grandiflora
Matelea baldwyniana
Matelea biflora
Matelea obliqua
Matricaria discoidea
Melampodium leucanthum
Menyanthes trifoliata
Mertensia campanulata
Mertensia virginica
Mimosa nuttallii
Mimosa strigillosa
Mirabilis longiflora
Mirabilis multiflora
Mirabilis nyctaginea
Mitella breweri
Mitella caulescens
Mitella diphylla
Mitella nuda
Mitella stauropetala
Monarda bradburiana
Monarda citriodora
Monarda clinopodioides
Monarda didyma
Monarda fistulosa
Monarda media
Monarda pectinata
Monarda punctata
Orbexilum pedunculatum
Parthenocissus heptaphylla
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Pedicularis groenlandica
Pediomelum linearifolium
Persicaria arifolia
Persicaria hydropiper
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Persicaria lapathifolia
Persicaria pensylvanica
Persicaria punctata
Persicaria sagittata
Phaseolus polystachios
Phytolacca americana
Proboscidea louisianica
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus harveyi
Ranunculus sceleratus
Rhynchosia latifolia
Ribes bracteosum
Ribes divaricatum
Ribes lacustre
Ribes sanguineum
Rudbeckia grandiflora
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia texana
Rudbeckia triloba
Silphium albiflorum
Silphium gracile
Smallanthus uvedalius
Smilax glauca
Smilax lasioneura
Solidago multiradiata
Solidago rugosa
Solidago sciaphila
Solidago spectabilis
Solidago velutina
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Symphyotrichum eatonii
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Symphyotrichum ontarionis
Symphyotrichum puniceum
Toxicodendron radicans
Trichostema brachiatum
Trientalis borealis
Triodanis perfoliata
Triosteum perfoliatum
Utricularia vulgaris
Valerianella radiata
Verbena bracteata
Verbena urticifolia
Veronicastrum virginicum
Viola priceana
Viola sororia
Viola striata
Vitis aestivalis
Vitis californica
Vitis labrusca
Vitis palmata
Vitis riparia
Yucca arkansana
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca flaccida
Zizia aptera
Zizia aurea