Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Description:
Species Description - Annual to 6 dm, widely branched from near the base, villous or viscid-villous; lvs ovate, 3–10 cm; pedicels 5–10 at anthesis, 5–20 mm in fr; cor 6–10 mm, yellow with a dark center; cal-lobes narrow, 2–4 mm; anthers 1.5–2 mm; fruiting cal 2–4 cm, 5-angled; 2n=24. Moist soil; pantropical, n. to Mass., Ont., and Wis. May–Sept. Three vars. in our range.
Species Description - Annual to 6 dm, widely branched from near the base, villous or viscid-villous; lvs ovate, 3–10 cm; pedicels 5–10 at anthesis, 5–20 mm in fr; cor 6–10 mm, yellow with a dark center; cal-lobes narrow, 2–4 mm; anthers 1.5–2 mm; fruiting cal 2–4 cm, 5-angled; 2n=24. Moist soil; pantropical, n. to Mass., Ont., and Wis. May–Sept. Three vars. in our range.
Common Names:
downy ground-cherry
downy ground-cherry