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Salpichroa origanifolia

Salpichroa

cock's eggs, lily of the valley vine, pampas lily-of-the-valley

salpichroa
Habit Herbs with strong odor, (0.2–)0.4–3(–5) m, root sometimes fleshy. Herbs, perennial, [shrubs], rhizomatous, pubescent, hairs simple, short, unicellular, or glabrate.
Stems

± lignified, usually 1–2(–4)-winged, turning dark when dry.

scandent [prostrate, decumbent, or pendent], branched.
Leaves

petiole shorter than blade;

blade ovate-rhombic to suborbiculate, 1.5–4(–6) × 1.5–4(–5) cm, fleshy.

subopposite or geminate.
Inflorescences

axillary, solitary flowers [rarely paired].
Pedicels

pendent, slender.

Flowers

calyx 2–3.5 mm, incised nearly to base;

corolla 3.5–10 mm, inside with dense, wooly, annular band of hairs;

stamens not exserted, connivent.

5-merous;

calyx not accrescent, campanulate, lobes 5, linear [acute-triangular or narrowly ovate];

corolla greenish yellow to white [sulphur yellow, pinkish], radial, urceolate [cylindric or urceolate-cylindric], lobes triangular [linear, cuspidate, subulate, or narrowly ovate], revolute [spreading or reflexed];

stamens 5, inserted in adaxial 1/2 of tube, or near mouth of corolla, equal;

anthers dorsifixed, oblong, dehiscing by longitudinal slits;

ovary 2-carpellate;

style (exserted or not), slender, straight;

stigma capitate.
Fruits

berries, ovoid-oblong [ellipsoid], juicy.
Berries

pale yellowish white, nearly translucent.

Seeds

(10–20), reniform.
x

= 12.
2n

= 24.

Salpichroa origanifolia

Salpichroa
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Cultivated fields, waste ground.
Elevation 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AZ; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; South America (Argentina, se Bolivia, s Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in w, s Europe (England, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain), Africa (Algeria, Egypt), Australia]
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from USDA
[Introduced in North America; South America, introduced also in Europe, Africa, Australia]
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Discussion

Salpichroa origanifolia can escape cultivation and persist for short periods. The rhizomes are a source of alkaloids (W. C. Evans et al. 1972), and whole plants (growing in Argentina) are a source of withanolides.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Species 21 (1 in the flora).

All species of Salpichroa except S. origanifolia are Andean. A 2018 paper by C. Carrizo García et al. indicates that Nectouxia and Salpichroa should be combined into a single genus. In that case Nectouxia would have priority, requiring name changes for over 20 Salpichroa species. A proposal is under consideration to conserve the name Salpichroa over Nectouxia (G. E. Barboza et al. 2016).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14. Author: Philip D. Jenkins†.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Salpichroa Solanaceae
Subordinate taxa
S. origanifolia
Synonyms Physalis origanifolia, Perizoma rhomboidea, S. rhomboidea
Name authority (Lamarck) Thellung: Fl. Advent. Montpellier, 452. (1912) Miers: London J. Bot. 4: 321. (1845)
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