Flora of North America species comparison

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Leucophysalis nana

dwarf chamaesaracha, dwarf false groundcherry
Habit Herbs perennial, spreading, mounds to 2.5 dm.
Roots

fleshy to subligneous.
Stems

strigose-hispidulous.
Leaves

petiole 0.5–3.5 cm;

blade ovate-lanceolate to rhombic, 1–7 × 2–4 cm, margins entire or slightly undulate, abaxial surface slightly pubescent.
Pedicels

1–2 per node.
Flowers

calyx 3–4 mm, densely pubescent, lobes acuminate or sharply acute;

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

accrescent, not or rarely exceeding berries.
Berries

ovoid, 8 mm diam.
2n

= 24.

Leucophysalis nana
Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Sandy flats, thickets, rocky meadows.
Elevation 900–2600 m. (3000–8500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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Discussion

Leucophysalis nana is found in the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada to the Cascade Mountains and Great Basin of Oregon.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Leucophysalis
Sibling taxa
L. grandiflora
Synonyms Saracha nana, Chamaesaracha nana
Name authority (A. Gray) Averett: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 380. (1971)
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