View source for Physalis solanacea

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|accepted_name=Physalis solanacea
|accepted_authority=(Schlechtendal) Axelius
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=79: 11. 1995
|year=1995
|other_info_on_pub=(as solanaceous)
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Margaranthus solanaceus
|authority=Schlechtendal
|rank=species
|publication_title=Index Seminum (Halle)
|publication_place=1838: 8.  1838.
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Physalis;Physalis solanacea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Physalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Physalis solanacea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>annual, taprooted, sparsely pubescent to ± glabrous, hairs simple, antrorse, appressed, to 0.5 mm. <b>Stems</b> erect, branching from near base and at most nodes, branches spreading, distal internodes congested, 1–18 dm. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole mostly 1/2 as long as blade; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, (1–)2–4.5(–7) × 1–3(–4) cm, base unequal, margins entire to irregularly sinuate or with 1+ large teeth. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–3 mm, 3–5 mm in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 1.5–2.5 mm, lobes 0.5–1 mm; corolla deep purple, rarely greenish or yellowish with 5 very large purple spots visible through corolla, urceolate, bulging beyond calyx, 2.5–4.5 mm; anthers yellow to purple, not twisted after dehiscence, 1 mm; style sometimes exserted. <b>Fruiting</b> calyces nearly filled by berry, 5-ribbed, not sharply angled, 8–17 × 6–13 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Oct(–Dec).
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-oak-juniper woodlands, disturbed areas, weedy fields, along streams.
|elevation=10–2100 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Congested internodes on the distal portions of plants of Physalis solanacea give the superficial appearance of multiple leaves or flowers at a single node. It is widespread in Mexico except for Baja California (north and south).</p>
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name=Physalis solanacea
|authority=(Schlechtendal) Axelius
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Margaranthus solanaceus
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Oct(–Dec).
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-oak-juniper woodlands, disturbed areas, weedy fields, along streams.
|elevation=10–2100 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1995
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Physalis
|species=Physalis solanacea
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