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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physalis walteri
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physalis walteri
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Physalis walteri
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-03-001:
Physalis viscosa ssp. maritima FAMILY Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Physalis maritima
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalis viscosa
COMMON NAME:
Dune Ground-cherry, Sand Ground-cherry, Walter's Ground-cherry
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861215649368
July Georgetown County? SC
Both leaves and stems covered with minute, star-shaped tufts of hairs, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861435374861
July Georgetown County? SC
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July Georgetown County? SC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861439174956
July Georgetown County? SC
Fruit a yellow or orange berry enclosed by an expanded calyx, which matures to a papery husk, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861439694969
July Georgetown County? SC
Calyx 8-10mm long, lobes triangular, half as long as the tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861440134980
July Georgetown County? SC
Leaves dendritic-pubescent [hairs branching like a tree], per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm090716_034
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaves entire, ovate to elliptic or rarely obovate, both surfaces tomentose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090716_077
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm090716_078
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Corolla may or may not have dark spots in the base of the tube. Anthers yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090716_080
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm090716_083
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physalis walteri
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physalis walteri
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Physalis walteri
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-03-001:
Physalis viscosa ssp. maritima
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Physalis maritima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalis viscosa
2980
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: dunes of sea-beaches, openings in maritime forests, longleaf pine sandhills (southward), and rarely inland as a waif in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed campanulate to subrotate corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p493
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p246
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p081
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p085
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p337
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