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Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
A Eurasian aromatic herb with slim anise-scented leaves, considered one of the four fines herbes of French cuisine and essential to classic sauces.
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Table of contents
| Tarragon | Thyme | Tillandsia | Tradescantia |
| Tree Fern |
List of Plants That Start With T
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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
A Mediterranean low woody herb with tiny aromatic leaves used in cooking around the world, also planted as a fragrant flowering ground cover.
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Tillandsia
Tillandsia
A large genus of soilless American bromeliads, including Spanish moss and many air plants, that absorb moisture and nutrients straight through their leaves.
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Tradescantia
Tradescantia fluminensis
A genus of fast-growing trailing American herbs popular as houseplants, with colorful striped foliage and small three-petaled pink, purple, or white flowers.
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Tree Fern
Dicksonia antarctica
Ancient ferns whose trunks rise several metres above the ground, carrying a crown of enormous fronds, surviving relics of the Carboniferous landscape.
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