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coastal groundcherry

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, often also with slender, shallow rhizomes, glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs dendroid-stelliform, to 1 mm.
Stems

erect to decumbent, branching at most nodes, proximal branches spreading and decumbent, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) dm.

erect to decumbent, branching at most nodes, proximal branches spreading and decumbent, 0.5–3(–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.

sessile or petiolate;

petiole to 1/10 blade;

blade narrowly spatulate to linear-lanceolate, 3–10(–12) × 0.2–1.5(–2) cm, base tapering to slightly winged petiole, margins entire.

Pedicels

14–21 mm, 15–35(–42) mm in fruit.

10–27 mm, 15–35 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 5–10 mm, lobes 2–4 mm;

corolla yellow with 5 pale brown, ochre, or green spots or smudges, campanulate-rotate, 12–20 mm;

anthers yellow, not twisted after dehiscence, 2.5–3.5 mm.

Fruiting calyces

orange drying brown, loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, (15–)20–30(–40) × 15–25 mm.

loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 25–35 × 15–25 mm.

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Physalis angustifolia

Physalis ×elliottii

Phenology Flowering year-round in areas without frost.
Habitat Sand, beach dunes, disturbed coastal areas in sand.
Elevation 0 m. (0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; LA; MS
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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.)

Nothovarieties 2 (2 in the flora): Florida.

Physalis × elliottii, its parentage, and its nothovarieties were discussed in detail by J. R. Sullivan (1985, 2013).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Plants sparsely to densely dendritic-pubescent.
Physalis × elliottii nothovar. elliottii
1. Plants glabrous except along leaf margins and calyx.
Physalis × elliottii nothovar. glabra
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Physalis Solanaceae > Physalis
Sibling taxa
P. acutifolia, P. angulata, 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
P. acutifolia, P. angulata, 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
Subordinate taxa
Physalis × elliottii nothovar. elliottii, Physalis × elliottii nothovar. glabra
Synonyms P. viscosa var. elliottii
Name authority Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 113. (1834) Kunze: Linnaea 20: 33. (1847) — as species
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