Flora of North America species comparison

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Leucophysalis grandiflora

coqueret à grandes fleurs, large false ground-cherry
Habit Herbs annual, erect, 3–9 dm.
Roots

fleshy.
Stems

pubescent, hairs glandular and simple.
Leaves

petiole 2–5 cm;

blade broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–10 × 2.5–8 cm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or slightly pubescent.
Pedicels

2–4 per node.
Flowers

calyx 5–10 mm, hairy, especially at base, lobes sharply acute to attenuate;

corolla cream-white to pale yellow, with darker yellow or yellow-green markings in throat, 2–6 cm diam.
Fruiting calyces

accrescent, exceeding berries.
Berries

globose to ovoid, 10–15 mm diam.
2n

= 48.

Leucophysalis grandiflora
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Disturbed or burned areas, usu­ally open forest.
Elevation 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
MI; MN; NY; VT; WI; AB; MB; ON; QC; SK
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Discussion

Leucophysalis grandiflora has been collected from Alberta to Quebec and the adjacent states in the United States; there are few recent collections from the eastern part of its range. It seems relatively rare, appearing for a short while and then disappearing.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Leucophysalis
Sibling taxa
L. nana
Synonyms Physalis grandiflora, Chamaesaracha grandiflora
Name authority (Hooker) Rydberg: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 366. (1896)
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