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Tennessee purple coneflower (
Echinacea tennesseensis
)
Vivid pink to purplish flowers crown the stems of this perennial herb, adorning the plant with colour from mid-spring until...
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Thief palm (
Phoenicophorium borsigianum
)
This palm is a fairly tall, solitary tree, with long leaves extending from the trunk. The stems are heavily ringed with leaf scars...
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Thistle (
Lamyropsis microcephala
)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant...
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Thunberg's cycad (
Encephalartos longifolius
)
Belonging to an ancient group of plants, this ‘living fossil', has the distinction of being the first cycad to be scientifically...
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Thyme-leaved buchu (
Agathosma thymifolia
)
The thyme-leaved buchu belongs to Rutaceae family, a group of aromatic trees and shrubs, sometimes known as the citrus family. The...
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Titan arum (
Amorphophallus titanum
)
The spectacular titan arum produces the worlds largest compound flower or inflorescence; the largest of which is reported to have...
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Toromiro tree (
Sophora toromiro
)
Sophora toromiro is a small tree or shrub that no longer exists in its natural habitat. The bark of this shrub is a reddish brown...
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Troodos rockcress (
Arabis kennedyae
)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant...
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Turkey-chick (
Gladiolus alatus
)
The peculiarly named turkey-chick is a geophyte; a plant that can survive periods of unfavourable conditions due to an underground...
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