![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/708/jpeg/26t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Soon, elongated domes of ovaries will be turned into cylindrical seed heads. Humble (Houston area), Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/722/jpeg/26t.jpg) Seed puffs released from a seed pod of ten-petal anemone (windflower, Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/730/jpeg/01t.jpg) Seed puffs released from a seed pod of ten-petal anemone (windflower, Anemone heterophylla) near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/722/jpeg/25t.jpg) Elongated domes of ovaries of Ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site, near Loop trail, with a basket-like flower with linear white petals around an elongated dome of seeds. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seed pod head of white fire-wheel (Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pill bug on a seed pod head of white fire-wheel (Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1231/jpeg/01t.jpg) Green seed pods of a lily(?) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1450/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seed head of white firewheel (Gaillardia aestivalis) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3355/jpeg/22t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3500/jpeg/24t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1434/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seeds of windflower (anemone) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/20t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/14t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, January 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/15t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) taken from Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, January 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1089/jpeg/05t.jpg) Japanese windflower (Anemone hupehensis) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/714/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Oakland Cemetery. Roans Prairie, Texas, February 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/713/jpeg/01t.jpg) Purple ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, February 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/16t.jpg) Back-lit ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) taken from Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, January 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/714/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a lawn in Oakland Cemetery. Roans Prairie, Texas, February 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pink ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2233/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2895/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2244/jpeg/30t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of Ten-petal anemone (basket anemone, Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 12, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3481/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3481/jpeg/19t.jpg) Top view of a ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2661/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on Red Buckeye Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3481/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of a ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/871/jpeg/19t.jpg) Seed head of anemone in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3371/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/28t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2455/jpeg/28t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Old Bailor park. Independence, Texas, February 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2654/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2881/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2654/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flowers of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/844/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 19, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3356/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3506/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, April 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1847/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seed head of pasqueflower (Pulsatilla, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3109/jpeg/14t.jpg) Ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2519/jpeg/19t.jpg) Seed head of pasqueflower (Pulsatilla, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lily in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pink azalea in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/07t.jpg) Asphodel flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ornamental lettuce in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/11t.jpg) Smartweed like flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of asphodel in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fern fiddlehead in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink and white azalea in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/01t.jpg) Squaw-weed flowers in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blooming rhododendron (azalea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/25t.jpg) Red sage (Salvia microphylla) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/26t.jpg) Shoot of maple tree in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/09t.jpg) Blooming yaupon holly in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/22t.jpg) Hyacinth orchid (Bletilla striata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/05t.jpg) A flower with drops of water from a sprinkle in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/960/jpeg/25t.jpg) Seed heads of dandelions in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1230/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow flower of low menodora (Menodora heterophylla) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1460/jpeg/09t.jpg) Yellow flower of low menodora (Menodora heterophylla) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/07t.jpg) Florida leucothoe (Agarista populifolia) in bloom in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/18t.jpg) Chinese golden banana (Musella lasiocarpa) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/06t.jpg) Green-head coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bush lily (Boslelie, Clivia miniata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spring flowers blooming in Rock Garden in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mexican gold poppy (Eschscholzia mexicana) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/04t.jpg) Winecup flower with drops of water from a sprinkle in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flower buds of Hyacinth orchid (Bletilla striata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/08t.jpg) Buds of Japanese maple (Acer palmatum Viridis ) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower of bromeliad Billbergia nutans with drops of water in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bromeliad Billbergia nutans (Queen s Tears) flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/12t.jpg) Catkin from a tree dropped on a wooden foot bridge in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower of Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/09t.jpg) Opening flower of Mexican gold poppy (Eschscholzia mexicana) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/767/jpeg/21t.jpg) Seed head of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/740/jpeg/16t.jpg) Water lily in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/12t.jpg) Crinum lily in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/09t.jpg) Coleus in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/07t.jpg) Some vegetative shoot in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sprinkled iris in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/03t.jpg) Violet iris in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming ginger in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/21t.jpg) Red flowers of jatropha in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/16t.jpg) Japanese pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira Variegata ) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/15t.jpg) Billbergia nutans (bromeliad, Queen s Tears) with pink, blue and green flowers in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/714/jpeg/24t.jpg) Seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/10t.jpg) Seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/17t.jpg) Five-leaf akebia (Akebia quinata) on vine arbor in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/23t.jpg) Purple coneflower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/700/jpeg/04t.jpg) Begonia flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, January 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/12t.jpg) Leaves of caladium in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/740/jpeg/21t.jpg) Orange daylily (Hemerocallis) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bamboo trunks in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/02t.jpg) Turnsole (Heliotropium) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pink gladiolus in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/740/jpeg/24t.jpg) Violet daylily (Hemerocallis) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/730/jpeg/20t.jpg) Orange iris in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, April 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/708/jpeg/20t.jpg) Camellia flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/22t.jpg) Small mullein in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
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