Physalis angustifolia |
Physalis ×elliottii |
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coastal groundcherry |
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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, 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. |
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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. |
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Pedicels | 14–21 mm, 15–35(–42) mm in fruit. |
10–27 mm, 15–35 mm in fruit. |
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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. |
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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. |
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2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
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Physalis angustifolia |
Physalis ×elliottii |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round in areas without frost. | |||||
Habitat | Sand, beach dunes, disturbed coastal areas in sand. | |||||
Elevation | 0 m. (0 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
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.) |
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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 | 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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