Physalis crassifolia

Physalis crassifolia

Physalis crassifolia is a species of the genus Physalis (Physalis ) in the nightshade family (Solanaceae ).

Description

Physalis crassifolia is a perennial, usually herbaceous, sometimes woody plant. Occasionally, bloom and bear fruit already annuals. You can reach heights of growth between 10 and 40 cm. The plant is different hairy with a few, mostly short trichomes, which usually have sticky or oily glands. The leaf blades of the leaves are ovate, entire or toothed. The larger ones are ( 1 ) 2-6 ( to 10) and 1 to 5 cm long ( often up to 7 ) wide cm. The leaf stalks are 10 to 40 (rarely to 60) mm long.

The flowers are at 10 to 30 mm long pedicles. The cup has the heyday of a length 5-9 mm and measures at the base of the calyx lobes 3-5 mm in diameter. The calyx lobes are triangular to broadly lanceolate and 1-3 mm long. The crown is yellow colored and unspotted, or with slightly darker spots. Rarely they are bluish or bluish when dry. They are 8-30 mm in length and fully open flower 8 to 20 mm wide. They are then bent back wheel-shaped to funnel-shaped and slightly wavy at the edge. On the upper opening of the corolla tube, some are available to many trichomes. The anthers are yellow, 2.5 to 3.5 mm long and are available in 4 to 14 mm long stamens

The fruit is a berry that is to be a long 5 to 40 mm stem. It is surrounded by an enlarging calyx, which is at the ripe fruit 10-60 mm long and 8-35 mm wide. The calyx is glabrous or slightly hairy.

Dissemination

The species is widespread in Mexico.