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common groundcherry, ground-cherry, long leafed tomatillo, long-leaf ground-cherry, wild tomatillo

cut-leaf ground-cherry, lanceleaf groundcherry

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.

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.

Pedicels

5–18 mm, 12–35 mm in fruit.

7–17(–22) mm, 15–30 mm in fruit.

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.

Fruiting calyces

loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–30 mm.

loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–25 mm.

2n

= 24.

= 24, 48.

Physalis longifolia

Physalis angulata

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
from USDA
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.)

Key
1. Stems erect to decumbent, branching at base; leaf blades glabrous.
var. texana
1. Stems erect, branching at distal nodes; leaf blades glabrous or sparsely strigose.
→ 2
2. Leaf blades narrowly ovate-lanceolate to lan­ceolate; anthers yellow.
var. longifolia
2. Leaf blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate; anthers blue-tinged.
var. subglabrata
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Physalis Solanaceae > Physalis
Sibling taxa
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. lanceolata, P. missouriensis, P. mollis, P. neomexicana, P. philadelphica, P. pubescens, P. pumila, P. solanacea, P. virginiana, P. walteri, P. ×elliottii
P. acutifolia, P. angustifolia, P. arenicola, 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
Subordinate taxa
P. longifolia var. longifolia, P. longifolia var. subglabrata, P. longifolia var. texana
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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