Physalis ignota
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Physalis ignota is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis ignota are upright, herbaceous plants up to 1 m high. They have a strong stem axis that is evenly covered with short, curved, simple, multicellular, grayish trichomes . The leaves are up to 12 cm long, are broadly ovate or elliptical, pointed or tapering at the tip, the base is rounded or narrowed and usually oblique. The leaf margin is entire or wavy, rarely serrated. The leaf blades are evenly hairy, the leaf veins are densely to tomentose. The slender petioles are about half the length of the leaf blade and have tomentose hairs on the top.
The flowers are on tomentose, hairy pedicels that are about 3 to 7 mm long. The calyx is about 5 to 8 mm long during the flowering phase, at the end of the calyx tube the diameter is about 3 to 6 mm. The calyx is tomentose, sometimes sticky, the calyx lobes are ovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate and pointed. The crown has no discoloration at the throat, it is 6 to 10 mm long. The anthers are yellow or blue and 2 to 2.5 mm long.
The fruits are berries with a length of 10 to 16 mm. They are crowded on strong, 7 to 15 mm long stems. The calyx enlarges to a length of 2.5 to 5 cm, becomes leathery, is clearly pentagonal and evenly covered with fine hair.
Occurrence and locations
Physalis ignota grows mainly on sandy or pebbly river banks and beaches or as a weed in fields. The species is found mainly in the lowlands, but also reaches medium altitudes. The distribution area extends from Panama in the west to Guatemala and in the north to Cuba .
swell
- WG D'Arcy: Family 170: Solanaceae . In: Robert E. Woodson, Jr., Robert W. Schery (Eds.): Flora of Panama , Part IX, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 60, No. 3, 1973. pp. 573-780