Physalis sancti-josephi
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Physalis sancti-Josephi is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis sancti-josephi is an herbaceous plant that is variably hairy with articulated trichomes of different lengths. The longer ones reach a length of 1 to 1.5 mm, many of them are covered with small, reddish-brown glands. The leaf blades of the leaves are egg-shaped, slightly tapering towards the front and at the edge usually one or more times irregularly provided with teeth or waves or occasionally with entire margins. The spreading of the larger leaves are 6 to 10 mm long and 4 to 8 cm wide and stand on 3 to 8 cm long petioles .
The flowers are on 5 to 10 mm long pedicels . The calyx is 6 to 10 mm long at the flowering time and 6 to 9 mm wide at the base of the calyx lobes. The calyx lobes are 2.3 to 5 mm long and lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate and somewhat pointed. The crown is yellowish in color and marked, 10 to 20 mm long and 15 to 22 mm wide. The anthers are bluish, 2 to 3 mm long and are attached to thread-like, 3 to 5 mm long stamens .
The fruit is a berry with a diameter of about 8 to 15 mm , which is surrounded by an enlarging calyx. This reaches a length of 25 to 35 mm and a diameter of 18 to 25 mm. The cross-section of the calyx is clearly five-angled, between the angles there are five less pronounced angles or ribs. The calyx is clearly veined like a network, the main veins are mostly dark in color.
distribution
The species is common in Mexico .
swell
- UT Waterfall: Physalis in Mexico, Central America and the West Indies . In: Rhodora , Volume 69, Number 777, New England Botanical Club, Oxford 1967. pp. 82-120.