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hairy ground-cherry, husk tomato

cut-leaf ground-cherry, lanceleaf groundcherry

Habit Herbs annual, taprooted, ± glabrous to villous, hairs simple, jointed, glandular and eglandular, of varying lengths, all shorter than 0.5 mm, plants from southwestern United States all glandular, green in appearance when dry. Herbs annual, taprooted, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs simple, jointed, to 0.5 mm.
Stems

erect, branching at most nodes, branches spreading, 0.5–8 dm.

erect (angulate, at least proximally), branching at most nodes, branches spreading, 1–20 dm.

Leaves

petiolate;

petiole 1/5 to as long as blade;

blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, (1.6–)2.5–8(–9.5) × (1–)2–7 cm, base rounded to slightly cordate, margins entire or coarsely dentate, teeth fewer than 8 per side.

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

slender, 3.5–9 mm, 5–15 mm in fruit.

7–17(–22) mm, 15–30 mm in fruit.

Flowers

calyx 3–6(–7) mm, lobes 1–3.5 mm;

corolla yellow with 5 large, dark purple-brown-black spots, campanulate-rotate, 6–11 mm;

anthers blue, rarely yellow or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 1–2 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, sharply 5-angled, 20–35 × 15–25(–30) mm, always noticeably longer than wide.

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

2n

= 24.

= 24, 48.

Physalis pubescens

Physalis angulata

Phenology Flowering year-round in areas without frost, mostly May–Oct. Flowering year-round in areas without frost, mostly Jun–Nov.
Habitat Low woods, edges of swamps, stream banks, floodplains, hammocks, disturbed habitats. Hardwood and pine woods, woodland bor­ders, stream margins, floodplains, marshy areas, fields, pastures, waste places.
Elevation 0–900 m. [0–3000 ft.] 0–1600 m. [0–5200 ft.]
Distribution
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AL; AR; AZ; CA; DC; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NM; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; UT; VA; WI; WV; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [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

Fresh plants of Physalis pubescens reportedly have a strong fetid odor (M. Martínez 1998). This widespread species exhibits considerable variability in the character of the leaf margins and degree of indument. The fruits of P. pubescens are reportedly gathered for food.

(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.)

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. longifolia, P. missouriensis, P. mollis, P. neomexicana, P. philadelphica, 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
Synonyms P. barbadensis, P. barbadensis var. glabra, P. floridana, P. latiphysa, P. pubescens var. glabra, P. pubescens var. integrifolia, P. turbinata P. angulata var. lanceifolia, P. angulata var. pendula, P. lanceifolia, P. pendula
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 183. (1753) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 183. (1753)
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