View source for Physalis pumila

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|accepted_name=Physalis pumila
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|place=5: 193. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Physalis;Physalis pumila
|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 pumila]]</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, hispid, hairs simple or 2- or 3-branched, divergent and antrorse, jointed, 0.5–2 mm. <b>Stems</b> erect to decumbent, branching at most nodes or infrequently and only at distal nodes, branches ascending, 1.5–4 dm. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1/10–2/5 blade; blade elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3–8(–10) × 2–4(–5) cm, base rounded to attenuate and narrowing to petiole, margins entire to sinuate, rarely shallowly, irregularly sinuate-dentate. <b>Pedicels</b> hispid, 8–46 mm, 15–55 mm in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 6–12 mm, lobes 2.5–6 mm; corolla yellow with pale brown, ochre, or green tinge or smudges, campanulate-rotate, 9–17 mm; anthers yellow, rarely blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 1–3 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=c;sc United States.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Varieties hispida and pumila are quite distinctive in the field but are often difficult to distinguish in the herbarium.</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Stems erect; plants hispid throughout, hairs simple and 2- or 3-branched.
|[[Physalis pumila var. pumila|Physalis pumila var. pumila]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems erect to decumbent; plants hispid on pedicels and calyx, hairs simple, rarely with a few branched hairs.
|[[Physalis pumila var. hispida|Physalis pumila var. hispida]]
|}
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name=Physalis pumila
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|distribution=c;sc United States.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|publication year=1836
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Physalis
|species=Physalis pumila
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