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Physalis arenicola

cypresshead groundcherry
Habit Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, slender, typically also with shallowly buried, slender rhizomes, glabrous to villous, hairs simple, antrorse, to 1 mm, sometimes also with simple, jointed, divergent hairs, 1–2 mm, sometimes glandular.
Stems

erect, few-branched, 0.5–3 dm.
Leaves

petiolate;

petiole 1/4–2/3 blade;

blade ovate to suborbiculate, 1.5–6(–6.5) × 1–5 cm, base truncate to cordate, margins entire or coarsely, irregularly dentate with few teeth.
Pedicels

(8–)11–17(–25) mm, 15–30(–35) mm in fruit.
Flowers

calyx 6–12 mm, villous, lobes 2–5 mm;

corolla yellow with 5 pale reddish-brown smudges or not, campanulate-rotate, 10–17 mm;

anthers yellow, not twisted after dehiscence, 2.5–4 mm.
Fruiting calyces

loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–35 × 15–25 mm.
2n

= 24.

Physalis arenicola
Phenology Flowering year-round in areas without frost.
Habitat Sandy soil, pine-oak woods, hammocks, fields, pastures, road­sides.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; MS
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Discussion

Physalis arenicola is found throughout Florida; only a few records exist from the other states in its range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Physalis
Sibling taxa
P. acutifolia, P. angulata, P. angustifolia, 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. arenicola var. ciliosa, P. ciliosa
Name authority Kearney: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 485. (1894)
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