Physalis crassifolia
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Physalis crassifolia is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis crassifolia is a perennial , mostly herbaceous , sometimes woody plant. Occasionally, annual plants bloom and give fruit. They reach heights of between 10 and 40 cm. The plant is hairy with a few, mostly short trichomes , which mostly have sticky or oily glands. The leaf blades of the leaves are ovate, entire or toothed. The larger ones are (1 to) 2 to 6 (to 10) cm long and 1 to 5 (rarely up to 7) cm wide. The leaf stalks are 10 to 40 (rarely up to 60) mm long.
The flowers are on 10 to 30 mm long pedicels . The calyx has a length of 5 to 9 mm at the time of flowering and measures 3 to 5 mm in diameter at the base of the calyx lobes. The calyx lobes are triangular to broadly lanceolate and 1 to 3 mm long. The crown is colored yellow and unspotted, or with slightly darker spots. They are rarely bluish in color or become bluish when dry. They become 8 to 30 mm long and 8 to 20 mm wide when the flower is fully open. They are then bent back in the shape of a wheel or a funnel and slightly wavy at the edge. There are a few to many trichomes at the top opening of the corolla tube. The anthers are yellow, 2.5 to 3.5 mm long and stand on 4 to 14 mm long stamens .
The fruit is a berry that has a 5 to 40 mm long stem. It is surrounded by an enlarging calyx that is 10 to 60 mm long and 8 to 35 mm wide on the ripe fruit. The calyx is hairless or somewhat hairy.
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.