Monographs Details:
Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:

Solanaceae
Scientific Name:

Physalis pubescens L.
Description:

Species Description - Annual, pubescent and viscid. Stems tall and erect, or widely spreading, acutely 3-4-angled; leaves 3-6 cm. long, heart-shaped, acute, or usually abruptly acuminate, sharply repand-dentate, pubescent with short hairs; peduncles short, at maturity sometimes 2 cm. long; calyx generally densely viscid-hirsute, its lobes lanceolate, acuminate; corolla 5-10 mm. in diameter, yellow, with a purplish eye; anthers purplish; fruiting calyx 2.5-3 cm. long, attenuate, reticulate, retuse at the base.

Distribution:

Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| West Indies|