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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Nicandra physalodes
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Apple-of-Peru at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nicandra physalodes
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-02-001:
Nicandra physalodes FAMILY Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalodes physalodes
COMMON NAME:
Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant
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Keith Bradley kab_n_physalodes_6898
February Miami-Dade County FL
Leaves to 8" long, coarsely and unevenly toothed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Keith Bradley kab_n_physalodes_6904
February Miami-Dade County FL
Similar to Physalis, but flower light blue and much larger (1-1.5" wide), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Keith Bradley kab_n_physalodes_6909
February Miami-Dade County FL
The specific epithet "physlodes" suggests its similarity to Physalis, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Nicandra physalodes
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nicandra physalodes
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-02-001:
Nicandra physalodes
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalodes physalodes
2848
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed places, such as cultivated fields and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Peru
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Weakly 5-lobed, broadly campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p424
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p221
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p196
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p233
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p150