Physalis acutifolia |
Physalis longifolia |
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sharp leaf ground cherry, Wright groundcherry |
common groundcherry, ground-cherry, long leafed tomatillo, long-leaf ground-cherry, wild tomatillo |
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Habit | Herbs annual, taprooted, sparsely pubescent to ± glabrous, hairs simple, appressed, antrorse, to 0.5 mm. | Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, stout, glabrous or sparsely strigose, hairs simple, antrorse, to 0.5 mm. | ||||||||
Stems | erect to decumbent, branching at most nodes, branches spreading and sometimes decumbent, 1–5 dm. |
erect or erect to decumbent, branching frequently at distal nodes or several-branched from base, branches spreading or ascending, 1–6 dm. |
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Leaves | petiolate; petiole mostly 1/2–2/3 blade; blade narrowly elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, (1.5–)2.5–6.8(–8.3) × (0.7–)1–2.5(–5.4) cm, base attenuate to rounded, margins coarsely, deeply, irregularly dentate, teeth acuminate. |
petiolate; petiole 1/5–2/5 blade; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 2.5–10(–13) × 0.5–6(–7) cm, base truncate to rounded, margins entire to coarsely dentate or irregularly crenate-dentate with only a few teeth. |
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Pedicels | (13–)20–34(–40) mm, (20–)25–35(–39) mm in fruit. |
5–18 mm, 12–35 mm in fruit. |
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Flowers | calyx (3–)4–5(–6) mm, lobes (1–)2–4 mm, (acute to acuminate); corolla pale yellow to nearly white with green or darker yellow tinge, rotate, 5–15 mm; anthers usually blue-tinged, rarely all blue or yellow, not twisted after dehiscence, 1–3 mm. |
calyx (5–)7–12 mm, sparsely strigose with short, antrorse hairs, lobes 3–6 mm; corolla yellow with 5 purple-brown smudges, campanulate-rotate, 10–20 mm; anthers yellow or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 2–4 mm. |
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Fruiting calyces | nearly filled by berry, 10-ribbed, 15–25(–30) × 13–20(–22) mm. |
loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–30 mm. |
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2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
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Physalis acutifolia |
Physalis longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering (May–)Jul–Nov. | |||||||||
Habitat | Disturbed areas along streams and roadsides, gravel and sand, cultivated fields, parks. | |||||||||
Elevation | 100–2000 m. (300–6600 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AL; AZ; CA; GA; MS; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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North America; n Mexico [Introduced in Australia]
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Discussion | Corollas of Physalis acutifolia are nearly rotate with a very short floral tube and somewhat reflexed, widely flaring limb when fully open. Unless it is in flower, P. acutifolia is difficult to distinguish from narrow-leaved P. angulata, which has corollas that are more campanulate-rotate, without a reflexed limb. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Physalis | Solanaceae > Physalis | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Saracha acutifolia, P. wrightii | |||||||||
Name authority | (Miers) Sandwith: Kew Bull. 14: 232. (1960) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 193. (1836) | ||||||||
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