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Anthurium
Anthurium andraeanum
A glossy tropical aroid whose lacquered heart-shaped spathe and protruding spadix have made it a staple of modernist floral design.
Below are flowers that contain the letter T anywhere in the name. Each of the 18 flowers below opens to a full profile.
List of Flowers That Contain T
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Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
A late-season daisy of meadows and gardens whose violet starbursts feed migrating butterflies long after most flowers have faded.
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Buttercup
Ranunculus acris
A shining yellow meadow perennial whose petals reflect ultraviolet light to attract pollinators and whose stems carry a mildly toxic sap.
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Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus
A clove-scented Mediterranean perennial whose ruffled, long-stemmed flowers have served as a buttonhole, a political badge, and one of the world's top three cut flowers.
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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum × morifolium
An East Asian autumn flower of immense cultural weight in China and Japan and one of the world's top three cut-flower crops.
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Clematis
Clematis hybrida
A versatile climbing genus whose large starry flowers in every shade scramble through trellises, trees, and old garden walls.
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Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis sylvatica
A small clear-blue wildflower of streamsides and woodland margins whose name and tiny yellow eye have made it the universal emblem of remembrance.
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Forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia
A vigorous deciduous shrub whose bare branches erupt into bright yellow bell-shaped flowers in early spring, signalling the start of the gardening year.
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Heather
Calluna vulgaris
A wiry low evergreen of the moor that paints northern uplands purple in late summer and feeds an entire ecosystem of bees, grouse, and sheep.
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Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
A short, intensely fragrant spring bulb whose densely packed flower spikes scent any room they are brought into.
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Lily-of-the-Valley
Convallaria majalis
A shade-loving woodland perennial whose tiny bell-shaped flowers carry one of the most coveted perfumes in nature.
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Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera
An ancient aquatic flower of Asia whose pristine pink blooms rise on long stems above muddy ponds and have anchored religious symbolism for millennia.
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Sweet Pea
Lathyrus odoratus
A graceful annual climber whose ruffled, intensely fragrant flowers in pastel colours are the classic English cottage-garden cut flower.
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Tea Rose
Rosa odorata
An elegant repeat-flowering Chinese rose whose introduction to Europe revolutionised garden roses and produced the modern hybrid teas.
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Tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
A spring-flowering bulb of the central Asian steppes whose introduction to seventeenth-century Holland triggered the first speculative bubble in modern finance.
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Violet
Viola odorata
A small, low-growing woodland perennial whose intensely fragrant purple flowers gave their colour, their name, and their perfume to multiple languages.
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Water Lily
Nymphaea alba
A floating-leaved pond perennial whose star-shaped blooms close at night and inspired one of the most famous painting series in Western art.
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Wisteria
Wisteria sinensis
A vigorous East Asian climber whose drooping racemes of fragrant lilac or white pea-flowers turn pergolas and old walls into late-spring spectacle.
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