Physalis carnosa
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Physalis Carnosa is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis carnosa is a much branched, prostrate or creeping herbaceous plant , the stems of which reach a length of 15 to 20 cm. They are finely haired with inflected, clinging trichomes that lose themselves with age. The leaves are slightly succulent , the leaf blades are lobed with entire margins or slightly wavy, usually ovate to ovate-elongated or elliptical, on the larger leaves they reach a length of 12 to 28 mm and a width of 7 to 12 mm. Its tip is pointed, the base is blunt, and the top and bottom are slightly hairy. The leaf stalks are 5 to 10 mm long.
The flowers are solitary on 2.5 to 3 mm long pedicels . At flowering time the calyx is 2 to 3 mm long and finely hairy. The corolla lobes are weakly triangular, 0.5 to 1 mm long and pointed. The crown is 3 to 4 mm long and probably has markings. The stamens are about 1.5 mm long, the anthers are bluish green and 0.8 to 1.2 mm long.
The fruit calyx is five-cornered, 1 to 1.3 cm long and 0.6 to 0.8 mm wide, reticulated and inconspicuously hairy. The fruit stalks are 4 to 5 mm long. The berry has a diameter of about 5 mm.
Occurrence
The species is known from a few collections from Guatemala and grows on sand dunes along the coast at altitudes of 1 to 2 m.
swell
- Johnnie L. Gentry Jr. and Paul Standley: Flora of Guatemala. Solanaceae , Fieldiana: Botany, Volume 24, Part X, Numbers 1 and 2. Field Museum of Natural History, 1974.