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|accepted_name=Leucophysalis
|accepted_authority=Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=4: 365. 1896
|year=1896
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Leucophysalis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leucophysalis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek leucos, white, and genus Physalis, alluding to large, white corolla and resemblance
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, from fleshy or subligneous taproot, variously pubescent. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, branched, (stems and branches striate, sometimes angled). <b>Leaves</b> alternate or geminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers or clusters of 2–4. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; calyx accrescent, campanulate, lobes 5, broadly triangular, exceeding or just shorter than berry, not inflated in fruit; corolla cream-white to pale yellow, radial, rotate, weakly lobed; stamens inserted near base of corolla throat, equal, (shorter than style); anthers basifixed, oblong, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-carpellate; style slender, straight, slightly curved; stigma blunt. <b>Fruits</b> berries, globose to ovoid, fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> flattened, reniform. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Leucophysalis consists of two species: L. grandiflora occurring from Alberta to Quebec and adjacent states in the United States and L. nana occurring in California, Nevada, and Oregon. The northern distribution is unusual among related Solanaceae.</p><!--
--><p>The relationships of the two species and of the genus were more fully discussed by J. E. Averett (2009).</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Plants annual, erect, 3–9 dm; stems pubescent, hairs glandular and simple; fruiting calyces exceeding berries.
|[[Leucophysalis grandiflora|Leucophysalis grandiflora]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants perennial, spreading, mounds to 2.5 dm; stems strigose-hispidulous; fruiting calyces not or rarely exceeding berries.
|[[Leucophysalis nana|Leucophysalis nana]]
|}
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name=Leucophysalis
|author=John E. Averett†
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|distribution=North America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1896
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Leucophysalis
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