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Physalis philadelphica Lam.

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Physalis philadelphica Lam.
Physalis philadelphica Lam.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Lam.
Lam.
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Physalis philadelphica Lam.
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Physalis philadelphica

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philadelphica

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Physalis philadelphica Lam.

Sparsely puberulent annual; stems to c. 60 cm tall, tending to sprawl. Lvs petiolate. Lamina 3-14 × 1.5-10 cm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, glabrate but margins puberulent, strongly dentate to entire; base cuneate, usually ± obliquely so; apex acute to short-acuminate. Fls solitary. Calyx puberulent on ribs, otherwise glabrous; teeth 2-8 mm long, triangular-acute. Corolla (15)-20-40 mm diam., yellow with purplish brown base; teeth short, obtuse. Anthers c. 2-4 mm long, bluish violet. Fruiting calyx to c. 3 cm diam., 10-ribbed, glabrous. Berry 15-25 mm diam., yellow; flesh sweet. Seeds 1.7-2.3 mm diam., broadly ellipsoid to suborbicular.

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Physalis philadelphica Lam.
Physalis philadelphica Lam.

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Physalis philadelphica Lam.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Physalis philadelphica Lam.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Physalis philadelphica Lam.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Physalis philadelphica Lam.
New Zealand
Southland Land District

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1 January 2000
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