Physalis sulphurea
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Physalis sulphurea is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis sulphurea is an annual , herbaceous plant that only weakly branches in the upper part, but sprouts several stems from the base. The stems are thick, hollow and 5 to 10 mm thick when pressed. The plant reaches heights of growth of 10 to 25 cm. It is hairless or on the young parts, the calyx and the flower stalks with a few upwardly directed, adjacent trichomes . The leaf blades of the leaves are ovate to elliptical-lanceolate. The blades of the larger leaves are 1.5 to 6 cm long and 1 to 4 cm wide. At the base they are often unequal and sometimes descending into a slightly winged, 5 to 25 mm long petiole . The leaf margin is serrated whole or irregularly bent back.
The flowers are on 4 to 10 mm long pedicels. The calyx has a length of 2 to 3 mm at the time of flowering and measures 2 to 4 mm in diameter at the base of the calyx lobes. The shape of the calyx is square to elongated bell-shaped. The calyx lobes are triangular and 0.7 to 1.5 mm long. The crown is unspotted or slightly spotted with hardly visible spots. There is a slight hairiness in the corolla tube. The crown becomes 5 to 7.5 mm long and 6 to 8 mm or more wide. The anthers are bluish or purple, elongated to ovoid and 1 to 1.5 mm long. The stamens are 1 to 2 mm long.
The fruit is a berry with a diameter of 5 to 9 mm. It is surrounded by an expanding chalice. This is 7 to 13 mm long, almost round or ten-ribbed and stands on a stalk that extends to (5 to) 10 to 15 mm.
distribution
The species is common in Mexico .
literature
- UT Waterfall: Physalis in Mexico, Central America and the West Indies . In: Rhodora , Volume 69, Number 778, New England Botanical Club, Oxford 1967. pp. 203-239.