Physalis minuta
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Physalis minuta is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis minuta are herbaceous plants with upright or creeping growth. To the naked eye they appear hairless, but they are densely covered with very fine, firm, possibly glandular trichomes . The small leaves are ovate to elliptical, usually less than 2 cm long, pointed or blunt at the tip, blunted at the base. The leaf margin is sawtooth-like. The leaf stalks are occasionally longer than the leaf blade.
The inconspicuous flowers are on short, 3 to 10 mm long, thread-like flower stalks, which are finely covered with upright hairs. The calyx is about 2 to 4 mm long, about 1.5 mm in diameter and evenly very finely haired. The calyx lobes are 1 mm wide and 1 to 2 mm long at the base. The 4 to 8 mm long crown can be marked with a dark “eye”. The stamens are strong and of unequal length, the anthers are blue or yellow and 1.3 to 2.5 mm long, when they dry they turn in a little.
The fruits are about 7 mm large berries . They stand on slender, 4 to 10 mm long flower stalks and are enclosed by a pentagonal calyx that enlarges to 15 to 18 mm and is finely hairy.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs in an area near the Pacific coast that stretches from Los Santos ( Panama ) to Colima ( Mexico ) and only a few kilometers inland. The plant was often discovered very close to the coast, where the particularly glandular hairiness and almost succulent appearance suggest an increased salt tolerance.
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