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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