''Tinantia anomala,'' common name false dayflower or widow's-tears, is a plant species in the

Commelinaceae Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 kn ...

, related to the Mexican wandering Jew, ''

Tinantia pringlei ''Tinantia pringlei'', sometimes known as the Mexican wandering Jew or Spotted Widow's Tears, is a perennial alpine plant in the dayflower family native to northeastern Mexico. The species is grown as an ornamental plant in temperate areas for i ...

''. It is known only from

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

except for a single specimen from the Mexican state of

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

. It is found on rocky slopes, ravines, the edges of woodlands etc. ''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.Woodson, Robert Everard. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 29: 149. 1942.
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15564737 Commelinaceae Flora of Texas Flora of Durango Plants described in 1858