Tillandsia argentea

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Tillandsia}}

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| image = Tillandsia argentea.jpg

| image_caption = In bloom

| genus = Tillandsia

| parent = Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia

| species = argentea

| authority = Griseb.Cat. Pl. Cub.: 254 (1866)

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Tillandsia argentea is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae.{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/56X82 |title= Tillandsia argentea Griseb. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=May 28, 2024}} It is called the silver-leaved air plant. It is native to Cuba and Jamaica.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:124836-1 |title=Tillandsia argentea Griseb. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 March 2021 }} An evergreen perennial epiphyte, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.{{cite web |title=Tillandsia argentea silver-leaved air plant |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/76505/Tillandsia-argentea/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=17 March 2021 }}