Physalis mollis |
Physalis ×elliottii |
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field groundcherry |
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Habit | 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. | Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, often also with slender, shallow rhizomes, glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs dendroid-stelliform, to 1 mm. | ||||||||
Stems | erect, branching occasionally, branches ascending, 1.5–5 dm. |
erect to decumbent, branching at most nodes, proximal branches spreading and decumbent, 0.5–3(–4) dm. |
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Leaves | 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. |
sessile or petiolate; petiole to 1/10 blade; blade narrowly spatulate to linear-lanceolate, 3–10(–12) × 0.2–1.5(–2) cm, base tapering to slightly winged petiole, margins entire. |
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Pedicels | 10–25(–35) mm, 20–40(–52) mm in fruit. |
10–27 mm, 15–35 mm in fruit. |
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Flowers | 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. |
calyx 5–10 mm, lobes 2–4 mm; corolla yellow with 5 pale brown, ochre, or green spots or smudges, campanulate-rotate, 12–20 mm; anthers yellow, not twisted after dehiscence, 2.5–3.5 mm. |
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Fruiting calyces | loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 25–40(–50) × 15–35 mm. |
loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 25–35 × 15–25 mm. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Physalis mollis |
Physalis ×elliottii |
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Distribution |
sc United States
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Nothovarieties 2 (2 in the flora): Florida. Physalis × elliottii, its parentage, and its nothovarieties were discussed in detail by J. R. Sullivan (1985, 2013). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Physalis | Solanaceae > Physalis | ||||||||
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Synonyms | P. viscosa subsp. mollis | P. viscosa var. elliottii | ||||||||
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 194. (1836) | Kunze: Linnaea 20: 33. (1847) — as species | ||||||||
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