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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

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
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AL; FL; GA; MS
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from FNA
GA; NC; SC
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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.)

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
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
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. 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) Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 149. (1803)
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