Physalis orizabae
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Physalis orizabae is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis orizabae is a perennial plant that sprouts from a woody, sometimes slender, elongated base. It reaches heights of growth of 15 to 45 cm, the hair of the plant consists of short, close-fitting, twisted trichomes , between which there are various long, articulated trichomes 1 to 2 mm in length. The latter are particularly pronounced on the flower stalks and the calyx .
The leaves are broad to narrowly ovate. The larger leaves are usually 3 to 5 cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide. The leaf stalks are 1 to 2 cm long. The leaf margin is usually entire, occasionally one to three irregularly shaped teeth are present on both sides. Often there are only a few individual, lying hairs on the leaf surfaces.
The flowers are on 10 to 15 mm long pedicels. They have a more or less bell-shaped calyx with a length of 6 to 10 mm and a diameter of 5 to 10 mm at the base of the calyx lobes. These make up a third to half the length of the sepals, are lanceolate or ovate-triangular and occasionally pointed. The crown is yellowish and noticeably spotted. It becomes 12 to 22 mm long and has a diameter of 15 to 30 mm. The crown throat is finely hairy on the inside, on the outside of the crown there are articulated, close-fitting trichomes. The anthers are somewhat elongated, 2.2 to 3 mm long and bluish to purple in color. They stand on hairless and somewhat thickened stamens with a length of 3 to 5 mm.
The stem does not lengthen on the fruit. The calyx surrounding the fruit is ten-angular or ten-ribbed, 2 to 4 cm long and 18 to 35 mm wide. The berry has a diameter of 1 to 2 cm and sits seated to almost seated in the weakly spotted calyx.
Occurrence
The species is common in Mexico .
swell
- UT Waterfall: Physalis in Mexico, Central America and the West Indies . In: Rhodora , Volume 69, Number 77, New England Botanical Club, Oxford, 1967. pp. 82-120.