Native Plants
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Tinantia anomala
Tinantia anomala (Torr.) C.B. Clarke
False Dayflower, Widows Tears
Commelinaceae (Spiderwort Family)
USDA Symbol: TIANUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Tinantia anomala
False Dayflower
Commelinaceae
Location: SE corner of low-water crossing of Salado Creek at Austin Hwy, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Heavy shade of Ulmus & Celtis. Moist borrow-ditch.
Description: Tufted, much branched & spreading annual. Stems initially erect, to 6 dm long. Leaves linear-spatualate, light green (yellowish). Infloresence a scorpoid, peduncled raceme (terminal). Flowers subtended by a flat, erect spathe. Petals showy, lavender-blue.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 12, 1994
Specimen number: 541
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0824
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1994
Accession Number: 61
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower) [Commelinantia anomala]