View source for Physalis longifolia

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|accepted_name=Physalis longifolia
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|place=5: 193. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Physalis;Physalis longifolia
|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 longifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, stout, glabrous or sparsely strigose, hairs simple, antrorse, to 0.5 mm. <b>Stems</b> erect or erect to decumbent, branching frequently at distal nodes or several-branched from base, branches spreading or ascending, 1–6 dm. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1/5–2/5 blade; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 2.5–10(–13) × 0.5–6(–7) cm, base truncate to rounded, margins entire to coarsely dentate or irregularly crenate-dentate with only a few teeth. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–18 mm, 12–35 mm in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx (5–)7–12 mm, sparsely strigose with short, antrorse hairs, lobes 3–6 mm; corolla yellow with 5 purple-brown smudges, campanulate-rotate, 10–20 mm; anthers yellow or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 2–4 mm. <b>Fruiting</b> calyces loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, 20–40 × 15–30 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;n Mexico;introduced in Australia.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems erect to decumbent, branching at base; leaf blades glabrous.
|[[Physalis longifolia var. texana|Physalis longifolia var. texana]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems erect, branching at distal nodes; leaf blades glabrous or sparsely strigose.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades narrowly ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; anthers yellow.
|[[Physalis longifolia var. longifolia|Physalis longifolia var. longifolia]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate; anthers blue-tinged.
|[[Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata|Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata]]
|}
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name=Physalis longifolia
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|distribution=North America;n Mexico;introduced in Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|publication year=1836
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Physalis
|species=Physalis longifolia
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