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Strawberry-Tomato (Physalis grisea)

Description

Physalis grisea are between 10 and 50 cm tall expectant, annual , herbaceous plants . The sprout axis is silk-like hairy with non-glandular, multicellular trichomes , which reach a length of 0.5 to 3.0 mm. The foliage leaves are usually likewise silk-like, when drying they are orange mottled. They reach a length of 10 to 20 cm, the leaf handles become 5 to 7 cm long. The leaf blade is ovoid to lanceolate in shape, towards the front it is pointed to tapering. The blade edge is roughly serrated. The base is oblique, whereby the two sides can have a difference of 0.5 to 1.0 cm. The flowers appear between May and October. For flowering , the petals are 4 to 6 mm long, the cup at this time has triangular chalices with a length of 1.5 to 2.2 mm and is also silky. The yellow crown has a diameter of 0.7 to 1.0 cm, each of the five petals has five dark purple drawings, the inside of the crown is glabrous. The stamens are violet, the dust bags are 1.1 to 2.0 mm long, yellow or occasionally covered with a blue hint. The stem is 6 to 10 mm in length, the enlarged calyx has a distinctly five-cornered cross-section, it reaches a length of 2.5 to 3.0 cm and a diameter of 1.0 to 2.2 cm , But is always longer than wide. The ripe berry is spherical and measures 1.0 to 1.5 cm in diameter. It is colored yellow and contains a large number of brown, fine-grained seeds with a diameter of 1.5 to 2.0 mm.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Solanales

            • Family: Solanaceae

              • Genus: Physalis