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Physalis
Family: Solanaceae
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Cal at anthesis small, 5-lobed, the tube enlarging promptly thereafter, becoming membranous and strongly veiny, loosely but completely enclosing the fr, often 5-angled and often retuse at base, its lobes connivent in fr and scarcely enlarged; cor broadly funnelform or campanulate, shallowly lobed to entire, usually yellow or yellowish, often with 5 large dark spots within, seldom white; stamens inserted near the base of the cor, opening longitudinally; berry pulpy, many-seeded; mostly herbs, commonly widely branching, with alternate or seemingly opposite lvs; fls solitary or less often 2+ at the nodes on drooping pedicels. 90, ±cosmop., but esp. New World.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Flora of the Southern Colorado Plateau Network
Physalis acutifolia
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Physalis crassifolia
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Physalis hederifolia
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Physalis longifolia
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Physalis neomexicana
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Physalis pubescens
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Physalis virginiana
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Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (DBI 9983132, BRC 0237418, DBI 0743827, DBI 0847966)
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