Physalis arenicola |
Physalis lanceolata |
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cypresshead groundcherry |
sword groundcherry |
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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. | Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes stout, sparsely pubescent, hairs simple, antrorse, to 0.5 mm, or simple, jointed, divergent, 1–1.5 mm. |
Stems | erect, few-branched, 0.5–3 dm. |
decumbent or weakly ascending, infrequently branching, branches spreading and decumbent or parallel to ground, 2–4 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. |
petiolate; petiole 1/25–1/3 blade; blade oblanceolate, 4–10 × 2–6 cm, base attenuate, margins entire to slightly sinuate. |
Pedicels | (8–)11–17(–25) mm, 15–30(–35) mm in fruit. |
10–20 mm, 10–30 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. |
calyx 6–10 mm, hispid, lobes 2–5 mm; corolla yellow with 5 pale brown smudges, campanulate-rotate, 10–15 mm; anthers yellow, not twisted after dehiscence, 2.5–3.5 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–35 × 15–25 mm. |
loosely enclosing to nearly filled by berry, 10-ribbed, 20–35 × 15–30 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Physalis arenicola |
Physalis lanceolata |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round in areas without frost. | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Sandy soil, pine-oak woods, hammocks, fields, pastures, roadsides. | Dry to xeric pine-oak-grass communities of the Sandhills Region. |
Elevation | 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) | 100–200 m. (300–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; MS
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GA; NC; SC |
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.) |
Physalis lanceolata occurs as populations of 1 to 20 plants scattered within suitable habit, notably where fire management is practiced. W. F. Hinton (1970, 1976) showed that P. lanceolata is not a hybrid and that the name had been misapplied to plants of the Great Plains. (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. arenicola var. ciliosa, P. ciliosa | |
Name authority | Kearney: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 485. (1894) | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 149. (1803) |
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