Physalis philadelphica Lam.

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Physalis philadelphica Lam.

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 37823, 24 Oct 1989

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. Bronx. in the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Habitat

    On pile of potting sand purchased from a Bronx construction firm.

  • Description

    Several herbs, spontaneous. Annual, smooth, slightly fleshy, very healthy but not forming fruits. Flowers odorless, calyx green; corolla 2.5-3cm wide, varying on a single plant during development, rotate, the limb slightly reflexed, yellow, with 5 rectangular dark purple brown spots, these fading with age; filaments and anthers blue-purple, the connective yellow-green, the filaments developing at different rates, eventually all equal and anthers slightly arched over the stigma, the anthers curling somewhat after dehiscence; style yellow green; stigma green. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1457292

    Occurrence ID: bafe1938-4eb7-4356-b797-21a78ead5c37

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Physalis philadelphica Lam. det M. H. Nee, 1989

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Bronx Co.

  • City/Township

    Bronx

  • Locality

    in the New York Botanical Garden

  • Coordinates

    40.8568, -73.8754

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    2289

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  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01457292
01457292
The New York Botanical Garden Plants of U.S.A.
Physalis philadelphica Lam. det. M. Nee, 1989
New York, Bronx Co., Bronx, in the New York Botanical Garden.
Several herbs, spontaneous on pile of potting sand purchased from a Bronx construction firm. Annual, smooth, slightly fleshy, very healthy but not forming fruits. Flowers odorless; calyx green; corolla 2.5-3 cm. wide, varying on a single plant during development, rotate, the limb slightly reflexed, yellow, with 5 rectangular dark purple brown spots, these fading with age; filaments and anthers blue-purple, the connective yellow-green, the filaments developing at different rates, eventually all equal and anthers slightly arched over the stigma, the anthers curling somewhat after dehiscence; style yellow-green; stigma green.
Coll.: M. Nee 37823
24 Oct. 1989