Physalis angustifolia |
Physalis virginiana |
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coastal groundcherry |
lanceleaf groundcherry, Virginia ground-cherry |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, often also with slender, shallow rhizomes, glabrous except for sparse dendroid-stelliform hairs to 1 mm on leaf margins and calyx. | Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, stout, hispid, hairs simple, jointed, divergent, mostly 1 mm, and retrorse, to 0.5 mm. |
Stems | erect to decumbent, branching at most nodes, proximal branches spreading and decumbent, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) dm. |
erect, branching infrequently and only at distal nodes, branches ascending, sometimes with multiple aerial stems arising from apex of rhizome, 1–4 dm. |
Leaves | sessile; blade linear-lanceolate, sometimes folded along midrib, 2.5–9 × 0.2–0.8(–1) cm, base tapering to stem, margins entire. |
petiolate; petiole 1/5–1/2 blade; blade ovate to broadly lanceolate, 2–7(–9) × 1–5(–6) cm, base truncate to obtuse or rounded, margins entire or coarsely to shallowly dentate with few teeth. |
Pedicels | 14–21 mm, 15–35(–42) mm in fruit. |
(6–)9–19(–27) mm, 12–30(–33) mm in fruit. |
Flowers | calyx 6–8 mm, lobes (2–)3–4 mm; corolla yellow with 5 ochre smudges, campanulate-rotate, (8–)11–15 mm; anthers yellow, not twisted after dehiscence, 2–2.5 mm. |
calyx 6–12(–14) mm, lobes 3–6 mm; corolla yellow with 5 dark purple-brown-black smudges, campanulate-rotate, 9–17(–20) mm; anthers yellow or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 2–3 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | orange drying brown, loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, (15–)20–30(–40) × 15–25 mm. |
loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, pyramidal, narrowing to lobes, 20–40 × 15–30 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Physalis angustifolia |
Physalis virginiana |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round in areas without frost. | Flowering Apr–Oct. |
Habitat | Sand, beach dunes, disturbed coastal areas in sand. | Sandy soils, prairies, fields, thickets, pine-oak-hickory woodlands, gravelly pinyon-juniper slopes, disturbed habitats, sandy or gravelly roadsides, cultivated ground, waste places, along railroads. |
Elevation | 0 m. (0 ft.) | 50–2500 m. (200–8200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; LA; MS
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AL; AR; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; OH; OK; PA; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; WY; MB; ON
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Discussion | In Florida, plants occur along the panhandle east to Franklin County. Narrow-leaved plants of Physalis × elliottii var. glabra occurring in peninsular Florida are sometimes mistakenly keyed to P. augustifolia (J. R. Sullivan 1985, 2013). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Physalis virginiana occurs primarily in the Midwest and central plains states and southern and eastern Canadian prairies. It is found sporadically in disturbed habitats in the eastern United States and on wooded, gravelly slopes in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. In Manitoba, the fruits of P. virginiana are gathered and preserved (canned) for winter use. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Physalis | Solanaceae > Physalis |
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Synonyms | P. monticola, P. virginiana var. campaniforma | |
Name authority | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 113. (1834) | Miller: Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Physalis no. 4. (1768) |
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