Solanum physalifolium Rusby

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Plants of BOLIVIA
Solanaceae Solanum
Depto. CHUQUISACA, Prov. Oropeza, hill with antennas
and Christ statue, just above and E of Yotala.
19°09’44”S, 65°15’35”W. alt. 2600 m.
Rocky open hillside with scattered trees (including planted
or escaped Cupressus, Eucalyptus), with Harrisia
tetraccmtha, Opuntia, Prosopis, Acacia, Pennisetum
villosum.
Annual herbs, in unshaded disturbed soil near top of hill and
around antennas, perhaps only where protected from pigs;
one seen with an open flower and only a couple of leaves.
Corolla white. Fruit held downwards, mottled green and
very pale greenish white. Fruiting calyx with spreading
lobes, these with upcurved edges.
Coll.: M. Nee 56015
21 March 2009