Physalis arenicola |
Physalis mollis |
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cypresshead groundcherry |
field 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 deeply buried, stout, often also with shallowly buried, slender rhizomes, densely pubescent, hairs dendroid-stelliform, to 1 mm, obscuring plant surface on younger growth, occasionally also jointed, branched or simple, 2–4 mm, glandular or eglandular. | ||||
Stems | erect, few-branched, 0.5–3 dm. |
erect, branching occasionally, branches ascending, 1.5–5 dm. |
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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 1/3–4/5 blade; blade ovate, 2.5–7 × 1.5–6(–7) cm, base truncate, margins coarsely dentate or irregular to ± entire. |
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Pedicels | (8–)11–17(–25) mm, 15–30(–35) mm in fruit. |
10–25(–35) mm, 20–40(–52) mm in fruit. |
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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(–12) mm, lobes 2.5–5.5 mm; corolla yellow with 5 pale to dark brown smudges or dark purple-black spots, campanulate-rotate, 9.5–15(–17) mm; anthers yellow, rarely blue- or purple-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 3–4 mm. |
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Fruiting calyces | loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–35 × 15–25 mm. |
loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 25–40(–50) × 15–35 mm. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Physalis arenicola |
Physalis mollis |
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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 |
AL; FL; GA; MS
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sc United States
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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.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (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. arenicola var. ciliosa, P. ciliosa | P. viscosa subsp. mollis | ||||
Name authority | Kearney: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 485. (1894) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 194. (1836) | ||||
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