Tinantia anomala

Tinantia anomala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Tinantia
Species:	T. anomala
Binomial name
Tinantia anomala (Torr.) C.B.Clarke
Synonyms [1]
Commelina anomala(Torr.) Woodson Commelinantia anomala(Torr.) Tharp Tradescantia anomalaTorr. Tradescantia texensisM.E.Jones

Tinantia anomala, common name false dayflower or widow's-tears, is a plant species in the Commelinaceae, related to the Mexican inchplant, Tinantia pringlei . It is known only from Texas except for a single specimen from the Mexican state of Durango. It is found on rocky slopes, ravines, the edges of woodlands etc. ^{[2] [3]}

Tinantia anomala is an annual herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Basal leaves have petioles but the stem leaves do not. Flowers are bicolored, white with some blue or lavender. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. The Plant List
2. Flora of North America v 22
3. Simpson, B. B., J. L. Neff, and G. Dieringer. 1986. Reproductive biology of Tinantia anomala (Commelinaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 113: 149--158.
4. Clarke, Charles Baron. in Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de, & Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 287. 1881.
5. Emory, William Hemsley. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Botany 2(1): 225. 1859.
6. Woodson, Robert Everard. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 29: 149. 1942.