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|accepted_name=Tinantia anomala
|accepted_authority=(Torrey) C. B. Clarke in A. L. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. L. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle,Monographiae Phanerogamarum
|place=3: 287. 1881
|year=1881
}}
|common_names=False dayflower;widow's-tears
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Tradescantia anomala
|authority=Torrey
|publication_title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication_place=2(1): 225. 1859
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Commelinantia anomala
|authority=(Torrey) Tharp
}}
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tinantia;Tinantia anomala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tinantia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tinantia anomala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, cespitose, to 80 cm. <b>Leaves</b> dimorphic, glaucous; basal leaves tapered into long petiole, linear-spatulate; distal cauline leaves sessile, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, 6–20 cm, base commonly cordate-clasping, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, cymes solitary; bracteoles 3–5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 2–2.5 cm wide; sepals boat-shaped, 9–12 mm, glabrous; proximal petal white, rhombic, 3–4 mm; distal petals blue to lavender, obovate, 15–18 mm; proximal lateral stamens with purple hairs; distal stamens bearded with yellow-tipped hairs; ovules 2 per locule. <b>Capsules</b> oblong, 6–8 mm. <b>Seeds</b> gray-brown. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Limestone talus slopes, granitic slopes, edges of woods and ravines, prefers some shade
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Durango).
|discussion=<p>Only one record of <i>Tinantia anomala</i> is known from Durango.</p>
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name=Tinantia anomala
|author=
|authority=(Torrey) C. B. Clarke in A. L. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Commelinantia anomala
|basionyms=Tradescantia anomala
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Limestone talus slopes, granitic slopes, edges of woods and ravines, prefers some shade
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Durango).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. L. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle,Monographiae Phanerogamarum
|publication year=1881
|special status=
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|genus=Tinantia
|species=Tinantia anomala
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