Missouri Groundcherry (Physalis missouriensis)
Description
Physalis missouriensis is a 15 to 40 cm tall, annual plant . The shoot axis is highly branched and densely populated with multicellular, glandular trichomes with a length of 0.5 to 1.2 mm. The foliage leaves are 3.5 to 9.5 cm long, of which the leaf stalks make up 1 to 4 cm. The leaf blade is egg-shaped to long-stretched and filly-haired, occasionally hairy on the leaf veins. It has a length of 2.5 to 5.5 cm and a width of 2.0 to 4.5 cm. Forward the blade is pointed, the base is blunt to heart-shaped, in some specimens also up to 5 mm oblique. The blade edge is notched. The petals are 2.5 to 6.0 mm long, the calyx has a diameter of 1.4 to 2.0 mm, is 1.5 to 2.5 mm long teeth and fily hairy. The crown is yellow, hairy on the inside, has no drawing and measures in diameter from 7.0 to 9.5 mm. The dust and dust bags are yellow, blue or blue tinted and together 0.8 to 1.0 mm long. The flowering period is from June to October. The stalk has increased to a length of 5.5 to 9.0 mm, the calyx enclosing the fruit is 1.5 to 2.5 mm long, 1.5 to 2.0 mm wide, slightly five-fold or three-round , Only slightly incised and filiform hairy. The ripe berries are spherical and have a diameter of 1.0 to 1.5 mm. They contain a large number of seeds , which have a diameter of 2.0 mm and are golden yellow, the seed surface is smallish.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Solanales
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Family: Solanaceae
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Genus: Physalis
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