(Last Modified On 5/15/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/15/2013)
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Subspecific
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Physalis pubescens var. pubescens
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. PI. 183. 1753.
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Note
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TYPE: "In India utraque" (LINN 247.11; MO, photos).
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Synonym
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Physalis hylophila Standl., Jour. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 243. 1924. TYPE: El Salvador, Standley 20971 (CGH, NY, US).
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Description
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More or less erect herb to 90 cm tall, stems mostly villous with spreading, often viscid hairs, 1-4 mm long, especially below, and with short, sometimes dense hairs on young and upper parts, rarely glabrate, the hairs often oriented in vertical lines or on only one side of the stem. Leaves 2-5(-10) cm long; broadly ovate or elliptical, apically acuminate or acute, basally subcordate to shortly cuneate, often slightly oblique, the margins entire, sinuate or toothed, mostly hairy overall and sometimes viscid; petioles mostly shorter than the leaves with erect and spreading hairs. Pedicels mostly about equaling the flowering calyx, vestite with erect and spreading hairs. Flowers with the calyx 4-6 mm long, 3-10 mm across at the base of the lobes, mostly densely villous with erect or spreading usually glandular hairs, the lobes acute; corolla with a strongly contrasting, pubescent eye, 6-12 mm long; anthers blue, 1.5-3 mm long. Fruits on slender pedicels less than half as long as the calyces; fruiting calyx 2-4 cm long, somewhat pubescent, especially along the edges of the ribs, strongly 5-angled and indented at the base; berry globose, 10-18 mm across.
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Habit
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herb
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Note
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Physalis pubescens may be recognized by its dark eye and anthers, which con- trast strongly with the otherwise yellow corolla, by its general hairiness, especially on the lower parts of the stems, and by the strongly 5-angled, usually pubescent calyx., This species displays wide ecological tolerance; from rain forest to desert scrub and from sand dunes to wet meadows.
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Distribution
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wide ranging, occurring from Panama north to Massachusetts and south to Chile and Argentina and throughout warm parts of the Old World as an introduced weed. In Panama, most collections are from the lowlands, but it ranges to middle if not upper elevations.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 301 (F, US). CANAL ZONE: Road S-il, NW of Escobal, Croat 12449 (MO). Barro Colorado Island, Ebinger 594 (US, right hand specimen only). Chagres, Fendler 248 (CGH, MO, US). In government forest along Las Cruces Trail, 75 m, Hunter & Allen 764 (MO). Madden Forest Preserve along Las Cruces Trail and highway, deep rain forest, Lewis et al. 5316 (MO). Along trail between Gamboa and Cruces, 50-80 m, Pittier 3772 (F, US). Vicinity of Madden Dam near Rio Chagres, 50-75 m, Seibert 554 (GH, MO, NY; cited under P. turbinata Med. by Waterfall (1967)). Miller Trail, Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 45 (F, MO). COCLE: 12 mi. NE of Penonome, granitic river gorge, 1,200 ft, Lewis et al. 1531 (MO). 10 mi. E of Nata at Rio Grande, Tyson 5292 (FSU, SCZ). COLON: Roadside between 5-7 mi. SW of Portobelo towards Maria Chiquita, Wilbur & Weaver 11205 (DUKE). DARIEN: Weed along Rio Pirre, D'Arcy 5532 (BIRM, COL, MO, MPU). Village of Manene, Kirkbride & Bristan 1600 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Vicinity of headwaters of Rio Pedregal, 25 mi. SW of Tonosi, cloud forest and native clearing, 2,500- 3,000 ft, Lewis et al. 2886 (C, MO). PANAMA: Vicinity of La Jagua, wet savanna E of Panama City, Bartlett & Lasser 16379 (MO). Edge of forest, top of ridge N of El Llano, D'Arcy & D'Arcy 6040 (ADW, C, MO, PMA, UCWI). 5-6 mi. E of Chepo on Pan American Highway, Duke 4028 (MO). Natural Bridge, near Madden Lake, Gentry 5608 (ADW, F, MO, VIR). Chimain, clearing in rain forest, Lewis et al. 3295 (MO, PMA). Corgona Beach, Woodson et al. 1694 (F, GH, MO, NY).
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