Kew Gardens Millenium Seed Bank has embarked on a mission to save seed of as many plant species as possible. The mission to save seeds in our time of dangerous climate change is very important - since virtually all life on earth is dependent on plants and each little seed is a microcosm of the plant itself.
Seed of Castilleja flower, popularly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire
Pollen of Helleborus orientalis or Lenten rose
Eastern sun (Scutellaria orientalis) seed
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Seed of the Paulownia tree
Electron microphotos of seeds preserved at the Kew Gardens Millennium Seed Bank.
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