Flora of North America species comparison

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Physalis angulata

cut-leaf ground-cherry, lanceleaf groundcherry
Habit Herbs annual, taprooted, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs simple, jointed, to 0.5 mm.
Stems

erect (angulate, at least proximally), branching at most nodes, branches spreading, 1–20 dm.
Leaves

petiolate;

petiole 1/3–2/3 blade;

blade narrowly elliptic-ovate to linear-lanceolate, 3–10(–14) × 1–8 cm, base rounded to attenuate, margins coarsely, deeply, irregularly dentate, teeth acuminate.
Pedicels

7–17(–22) mm, 15–30 mm in fruit.
Flowers

calyx 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous except for margins, lobes 1–3 mm;

corolla yellow, without spots or smudges or rarely tinged purple, campanulate-rotate, 6–10 mm;

anthers blue or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 1–3 mm.
Fruiting calyces

loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–25 mm.
2n

= 24, 48.

Physalis angulata
Phenology Flowering year-round in areas without frost, mostly Jun–Nov.
Habitat Hardwood and pine woods, woodland bor­ders, stream margins, floodplains, marshy areas, fields, pastures, waste places.
Elevation 0–1600 m. [0–5200 ft.]
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NM; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA; ON; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Bermuda [Introduced in Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia]
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Discussion

Populations of Physalis angulata with linear to lanceolate, sinuate leaf blades can be found in Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. When not in flower, narrow-leaved P. angulata is difficult to distinguish from P. acutifolia. The latter species has nearly rotate, widely flaring corollas that are pale yellow to nearly white with a green or yellow star-shaped tinge in the throat.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Janet R. Sullivan.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Physalis
Sibling taxa
P. acutifolia, P. angustifolia, P. arenicola, P. caudella, P. cinerascens, P. cordata, P. crassifolia, P. fendleri, P. grisea, P. hederifolia, P. heterophylla, P. lanceolata, P. longifolia, P. missouriensis, P. mollis, P. neomexicana, P. philadelphica, P. pubescens, P. pumila, P. solanacea, P. virginiana, P. walteri, P. ×elliottii
Synonyms P. angulata var. lanceifolia, P. angulata var. pendula, P. lanceifolia, P. pendula
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 183. (1753)
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