EcoFlora - Physalis crassifolia

Physalis crassifolia Benth.
Family: Solanaceae Yellow Nightshade Ground-Cherry, more... [Physalis versicolor var. microphylla Rydb.] Cecelia Alexander	SW Field Guide Resources Welsh et al. 1993, Wiggins 1964, Kearney and Peebles 1969 Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Subshrub General: Annual to perennial, forb to subshrub, diffusely and intricately branched, stems 20-50 cm tall, viscid-puberulent. Leaves: Blades variable, ovate, deltoid, or cordate, 1-3 cm long, entire or shallowly sinuate, on petioles of equal length. Flowers: On slender pedicels, 1-2 cm long; campanulate calyx, 3-5 mm long at anthesis, in fruit becoming 15-25 mm long, ovoid, obscurely angled; corolla pale tawny-yellow, 10-15 mm wide. Fruits: Greenish berry. Ecology: Found on sandy and rocky soils below 3,000 ft (914 m); flowers February-October. Distribution: s UT and AZ to se CA; Baja Calif., MEX Notes: The only suffrutescent Physalis species in Arizona and also the most xerophytic one. Ethnobotany: Unknown, but other species in the genera have many uses, including food. Etymology: Physalis from Greek physallis, a bladder or bubble, due to inflated calyx, while crassifolia means thick-leaved. Synonyms: None Editor: SBuckley, 2010
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