Wikimedia Commons

Community source
Wikimedia Foundation and contributors
A media repository with public-domain and freely licensed images, useful when per-file attribution and license metadata are preserved.
What you'll find here
Plant photos
Botanical illustrations
License metadata
Image source trails
Specific data we draw from it: file URL, artist, license name, license URL, credit line.
Good to know
Image suitability. Keep ID confidence, cultivar specificity, and plant-part context with the image.
How to cite this source
Cite the Commons file page, author, license, and license URL.
License
Each file has its own license; structured file data is CC0, but media usage follows the file page license.
Caution
Do not assume every Commons image is commercially compatible or accurately identified.
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