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|accepted_name=Physalis cordata
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Physalis no. 14. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Physalis;Physalis cordata
|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 cordata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>annual, taprooted, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs simple, appressed, to 0.5 mm. <b>Stems</b> erect, branching at most nodes, branches spreading, 1.5–5(–20) dm. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 2/3 to as long as blade; blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, 4.5–8.5 × 3.5–7.5 cm, base rounded to truncate or cordate, margins coarsely dentate, teeth 10+ per side. <b>Pedicels</b> (4.5–)6–11 mm, (10–)15–35 mm in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 3.5–6.5 mm, lobes lanceolate, 2–4.5 mm; corolla yellow with 5 large purple-brown-black spots, campanulate-rotate, 6.5–9.5 mm; anthers blue or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 1.5–2.5 mm. <b>Fruiting</b> calyces loosely enclosing berry, sharply 5-angled, (25–)30–40 × 20–30 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Sandy or clay soils, along streams, pine woods, disturbed habitats.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America (to Brazil);introduced in Asia.
|discussion=<p>Herbarium specimens of Physalis cordata often consist of only the distal portions of the plants, with label data stating that they are quite tall. The upper limit in this description is taken from M. Martínez (1998).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Physalis cordata
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Sandy or clay soils, along streams, pine woods, disturbed habitats.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America (to Brazil);introduced in Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Physalis
|species=Physalis cordata
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