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Physalis pubescens L.
Family Solanaceae
Common name: Ground Cherry

Physalis pubescens L. APNI*

Description: Annual to 50 cm high, densely hairy with simple or glandular hairs.

Leaves usually to 6 cm long and 4 cm wide, sometimes larger, base cordate, oblique, margins with small teeth or blunt lobes; petiole 1–3(-7) cm long.

Pedicels to 10 mm long. Calyx 5–6 mm long; lobes triangular, 3–4 mm long. Corolla 5-angled, 7–11 mm long, yellow, with 5 purplish-brown spots between the anthers. Anthers 1.5–2 mm long. Style 3.5–5 mm long. Fruiting calyx 5-angled, 25–40 mm long, pale yellow-green becoming light brown when dry.

Berry 10–14 mm diam., not sticky.


Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: Flowers summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Uncommon weed collected near Coonabarabran. Native to N. and C. America.
NSW subdivisions: *NWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *W.A.
AVH map***

Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept:


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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