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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Physalis virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physalis virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 165-03-003a:
Physalis virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Solanaceae
LESS THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Physalis virginiana
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Physalis virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Ground-cherry
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Roxanna Martin rlm52111_535
May Spartanburg County SC
Fruiting calyx is 5-angled [vs. almost round] & has spreading hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Roxanna Martin rlm52111_541
May Spartanburg County SC
Fruiting calyx is sunken at the base and considerably longer than wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_349
May Spartanburg County SC
Plant pubescent. Calyx 8-10mm long, its lobes lanceolate & equaling the tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_351
May Spartanburg County SC
Flower bell-shaped, drooping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_354
May Spartanburg County SC
Ovate to lanceolate leaves tapered at both ends, with a few blunt teeth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_357
May Spartanburg County SC
Flower yellow with brown spots in the center and yellow anthers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.