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Tinantia pringlei
Spotted Widow's Tears is a small, spotted-leaved perennial from northeastern Mexico, grown for its purple-mottled foliage and lavender flowers. It thrives in bright light with consistent moisture and is usually kept as a houseplant or greenhouse plant in cooler climates.
Tinantia pringlei, sometimes known as the Mexican inchplant 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 its attractive spotted purple foliage and lavender flowers. It is also a common weed of greenhouses. The plants reproduce primarily or exclusively through self-pollination.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tinantia pringlei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
