Physalis longifolia |
Physalis angulata |
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common groundcherry, ground-cherry, long leafed tomatillo, long-leaf ground-cherry, wild tomatillo |
cut-leaf ground-cherry, lanceleaf groundcherry |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, stout, glabrous or sparsely strigose, hairs simple, antrorse, to 0.5 mm. | Herbs annual, taprooted, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs simple, jointed, to 0.5 mm. | ||||||||
Stems | erect or erect to decumbent, branching frequently at distal nodes or several-branched from base, branches spreading or ascending, 1–6 dm. |
erect (angulate, at least proximally), branching at most nodes, branches spreading, 1–20 dm. |
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Leaves | petiolate; petiole 1/5–2/5 blade; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 2.5–10(–13) × 0.5–6(–7) cm, base truncate to rounded, margins entire to coarsely dentate or irregularly crenate-dentate with only a few teeth. |
petiolate; petiole 1/3–2/3 blade; blade narrowly elliptic-ovate to linear-lanceolate, 3–10(–14) × 1–8 cm, base rounded to attenuate, margins coarsely, deeply, irregularly dentate, teeth acuminate. |
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Pedicels | 5–18 mm, 12–35 mm in fruit. |
7–17(–22) mm, 15–30 mm in fruit. |
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Flowers | calyx (5–)7–12 mm, sparsely strigose with short, antrorse hairs, lobes 3–6 mm; corolla yellow with 5 purple-brown smudges, campanulate-rotate, 10–20 mm; anthers yellow or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 2–4 mm. |
calyx 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous except for margins, lobes 1–3 mm; corolla yellow, without spots or smudges or rarely tinged purple, campanulate-rotate, 6–10 mm; anthers blue or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 1–3 mm. |
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Fruiting calyces | loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–30 mm. |
loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–25 mm. |
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2n | = 24. |
= 24, 48. |
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Physalis longifolia |
Physalis angulata |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round in areas without frost, mostly Jun–Nov. | |||||||||
Habitat | Hardwood and pine woods, woodland borders, stream margins, floodplains, marshy areas, fields, pastures, waste places. | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
North America; n Mexico [Introduced in Australia]
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AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NM; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA; ON; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Bermuda [Introduced in Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia]
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Populations of Physalis angulata with linear to lanceolate, sinuate leaf blades can be found in Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. When not in flower, narrow-leaved P. angulata is difficult to distinguish from P. acutifolia. The latter species has nearly rotate, widely flaring corollas that are pale yellow to nearly white with a green or yellow star-shaped tinge in the throat. (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. angulata var. lanceifolia, P. angulata var. pendula, P. lanceifolia, P. pendula | |||||||||
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 193. (1836) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 183. (1753) | ||||||||
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