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Physalis longifolia
ground-cherry, long-leaved ground-cherry, wild tomatillo
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Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Weed of cultivated fields and waste places.

Flowers: June-September

Origin: Both native and introduced

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees

Description:
General:

Perennial herbs from a running rhizome, the stems branched, 2-6 dm. tall, somewhat pubescent.

Leaves:

Leaves petiolate, lanceolate or narrowly rhombic, tapering to the petiole, or broader, ovate, abruptly narrowed to a longer petiole, entire or irregularly blunt-toothed, the blade 4-10 cm. long.

Flowers:

Flowers solitary, appearing axillary or in the forks of branches; calyx small, 5-toothed, 10-veined with hairs along the veins, becoming inflated and papery at maturity, broadly ovoid, 2.5-4 cm. long, loosely enclosing the fruit; corolla 11-17 mm. long and wide, broadly bell-shaped, with 5 short teeth, greenish-yellow with a purplish throat; stamens 5, the filaments flattened, 1 mm. wide; style solitary; ovary superior.

Fruit:

Fruit a berry, 1 cm. thick.

Accepted Name:
Physalis longifolia Nutt.
Publication: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5: 193. 1836.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Physalis longifolia in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Physalis longifolia checklist entry

OregonFlora: Physalis longifolia information

E-Flora BC: Physalis longifolia atlas page

CalPhotos: Physalis longifolia photos

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