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springblossom

Habit Herbs 0.3 m.
Stems

subterranean.

Leaves

(erect);

petiole 0.3–1.3 cm;

blade broadly lanceolate to ovate, 5–30 × 1–8 cm, base cuneate, apex rounded.

Flowers

calyx 0.6–1.2 × 0.7–1 cm;

corolla fragrant, 5.5–11.5 × 6–11 cm, lobes often glandular-hairy abaxially;

stamens 2.5–3 mm;

filaments nearly completely adnate to corolla;

anthers introrse;

ovary 4–5 × 3–4 mm;

style 4.5–8 cm;

stigma 3–5 × 3–5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

6–19 cm.

Fruiting calyces

1.2–1.9 × 1.6–2.3 cm.

Berries

greenish yellow, 1.5–2.7 × 2–3 cm.

Seeds

dark brown, 3–3.5 × 2.8–3.2 mm, testa alveolate.

Flowering

pedicels 4–17 cm.

2n

= 24.

Jaborosa integrifolia

Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep.
Habitat Waste places.
Elevation 0–100 m. [0–300 ft.]
Distribution
from FNA
AL; LA; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
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Discussion

Jaborosa integrifolia was first reported for North America as a ballast plant in Mobile County, Alabama (C. T. Mohr 1901), and later in Louisiana as a weed in wet areas of Plaquemines Parish (R. D. Thomas and C. M. Allen 1993–1998).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Jaborosa
Name authority Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.: Encycl. 3: 189. (1789)
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