- Family: Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus: Physalis L.
Physalis viscosa L.
- Genus: Physalis L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico, Bolivia to Brazil and S. South America.
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Flora Zambesiaca. Vol. 8, Part 4. Solanaceae. Gonçalves AE. 2005
- General
- Erect to decumbent, subdichotomously ± branched, perennial herb, (5)14–40 cm high (said to reach 80 cm elsewhere), arising from an elongated cord-like, flexuous, knotted, creeping rhizome, yellowish-green, viscid, ± clothed all over with stalked-stellate 2–3-branched and also somewhat dendritic, spreading hairs of varying size, short in the Flora Zambesiaca area, more dense on new growth, furnished with sessile glands too
- Branches
- Branches subterete-angular, striate, scabrid Branches subterete-angular, striate, scabrid.
- Leaves
- Leaves solitary or geminate; petiole 0.4–1. 8 cm long, slightly winged, rather sheathing at the base; lamina membranous or papyraceous, 0.9–4.2 × 0.4–2 cm, ovate to lanceolate, occasionally elliptic or obovate to spathulate, base cuneate or attenuate (or elsewhere sometimes ± cordate), and often oblique or unequal-sided, ± decurrent into the petiole, apex obtuse or somewhat acute, occasionally bluntly sub-acuminate, entire to coarsely sinuate-dentate distally (very rarely so in the Flora Zambesiaca area), the teeth unequal, obtuse, the sinuses rounded, densely viscid-hairy, glabrescent Leaves solitary or geminate; petiole 0.4–1.8 cm long, slightly winged, rather sheathing at the base; lamina membranous or papyraceous, 0.9–4.2 × 0.4–2 cm, ovate to lanceolate, occasionally elliptic or obovate to spathulate, base cuneate or attenuate (or elsewhere sometimes ± cordate), and often oblique or unequal-sided, ± decurrent into the petiole, apex obtuse or somewhat acute, occasionally bluntly sub-acuminate, entire to coarsely sinuate-dentate distally (very rarely so in the Flora Zambesiaca area), the teeth unequal, obtuse, the sinuses rounded, densely viscid-hairy, glabrescent.
- Pedicel
- Pedicel 10–20 mm long, hairy and glandular, in fruit elongated to 25 mm
- Disc
- Disk 0.2–0.3 mm high, fleshy, glabrous Disk 0.2–0.3 mm high, fleshy, glabrous.
- Ovary
- Ovary 1. 2–1. 7 × 1. 2–1. 6 mm, ovoid, glabrous.
- Style
- Style 7–9 mm long, filiform, straight or slightly bent
- Fruits
- Fruit greenish-yellow to orange, occasionally reddish, subsessile on the invaginated base of the drooping to pendulous calyx, 8 × 7 mm, turbinate or ± globose, viscid Fruit greenish-yellow to orange, occasionally reddish, subsessile on the invaginated base of the drooping to pendulous calyx, 8 × 7 mm, turbinate or ± globose, viscid.
- Seeds
- Seeds orange, 2 × 1. 8 mm, broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline, reticulate-foveate Seeds orange, 2 × 1.8 mm, broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline, reticulate-foveate.
- Note
- Common name: “Sticky Gooseberry” or “Sticky Physalis”.
- Distribution
- ZIM W, MOZ MS A large polymorphic species native to America from the south-eastern and south-central United States southwards throughout Central America and the Antilles to Argentina, occurring as an adventive in Europe and Africa. A weed of cultivation and in disturbe Zimbabwe Mozambique
- Habit
- Erect to decumbent, subdichotomously ± branched, perennial herb, (5)14–40 cm high (said to reach 80 cm elsewhere), arising from an elongated cord-like, flexuous, knotted, creeping rhizome, yellowish-green, viscid, ± clothed all over with stalked-stellate 2–3-branched and also somewhat dendritic, spreading hairs of varying size, short in the Flora Zambesiaca area, more dense on new growth, furnished with sessile glands too.
- Flowers
- Flowers solitary, axillary, drooping or nodding; pedicel 10–20 mm long, hairy and glandular, in fruit elongated to 25 mm. Flowers solitary, axillary, drooping or nodding.
- Calyx
- Calyx 6–8 mm long, 4–6(7) mm across at the base of the lobes, cylindric-campanulate, sub-angled, truncate or invaginated at the base, hairy, and glandular especially towards the base, glabrous inside apart from minute indumentum towards the lobe tips; lobes unequal, 1.8–3 × 1.8–3 mm, ovate or ± triangular, acute or acuminate, ciliate; in fruit ± yellowish when ripe, 17–23 × 15–20 mm, subglobose or ovoid, 10-angled and -ribbed, obtuse distally and acuminate at the summit, half to three-quarters filled by the fruit, with a few minute hairs along the ribs and more dense hairs towards the apex of the lobes, viscid, the lobes 3–5 × 2–3.5 mm and also hairy inside. Calyx 6–8 mm long, 4–6(7) mm across at the base of the lobes, cylindric-campanulate, sub-angled, truncate or invaginated at the base, hairy, and glandular especially towards the base, glabrous inside apart from minute indumentum towards the lobe tips; lobes unequal, 1. 8–3 × 1. 8–3 mm, ovate or ± triangular, acute or acuminate, ciliate; in fruit ± yellowish when ripe, 17–23 × 15–20 mm, subglobose or ovoid, 10-angled and -ribbed, obtuse distally and acuminate at the summit, half to three-quarters filled by the fruit, with a few minute hairs along the ribs and more dense hairs towards the apex of the lobes, viscid, the lobes 3–5 × 2–3.5 mm and also hairy inside
- Corolla
- Corolla yellowish or greenish-yellow, blotched with 5 dark purplish (or green) markings ± contrasting with the surrounding limb, 10–15 mm long, subrotate; tube glabrous, on the inside with dense felted indumentum from near the insertion of the stamens to the mouth; limb 10–15 mm across, sinuate or with 5 ± prominent angles, reflexed when fully expanded, hairy outside, glabrous inside, ciliate. Corolla yellowish or greenish-yellow, blotched with 5 dark purplish (or green) markings ± contrasting with the surrounding limb, 10–15 mm long, subrotate; tube glabrous, on the inside with dense felted indumentum from near the insertion of the stamens to the mouth; limb 10–15 mm across, sinuate or with 5 ± prominent angles, reflexed when fully expanded, hairy outside, glabrous inside, ciliate
- Stamens
- Stamens slightly exserted, one longer than the other 4, glabrous; filaments 3–5 mm long, filiform, attached to the corolla tube near the base; anthers yellow, 2.5–3 mm long, linear to narrowly ovate-oblong in outline, straight after anthesis. Stamens slightly exserted, one longer than the other 4, glabrous; filaments 3–5 mm long, filiform, attached to the corolla tube near the base; anthers yellow, 2.5–3 mm long, linear to narrowly ovate-oblong in outline, straight after anthesis
- Pistil
- Ovary 1.2–1.7 × 1.2–1.6 mm, ovoid, glabrous; style 7–9 mm long, filiform, straight or slightly bent.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile North, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
Introduced into:
Algeria, Cape Provinces, Easter Is., Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Zimbabwe
- Alkekengi fissum Moench
- Cacabus parviflorus Rusby
- Physalis curassavica Willd.
- Physalis curassavica var. integrifolia Dunal
- Physalis curassavica var. sinuatodentata (Schltdl.) Dunal
- Physalis foetidissima Dunal
- Physalis fuscomaculata Dunal
- Physalis glabriuscula Dunal
- Physalis jacquinii Link
- Physalis lutea Medik.
- Physalis mendocina Phil.
- Physalis nutans J.F.Gmel.
- Physalis ochroleuca Salisb.
- Physalis pensylvanica L.
- Physalis pubescens Engelm. & A.Gray
- Physalis tomentosa Walter
- Physalis viscosa f. latifolia Waterf.
- Physalis viscosa var. sinuatodentata Schltdl.
Physalis viscosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hassler, E. [741], Paraguay | K001071933 | |||
Klotzsch [282], Brazil | K001071934 | |||
Gaumer, G.F. [1798], Mexico | K000042375 | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | K001071932 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 183 (1753)
Accepted by
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Flora Zambesiaca 8(4): 1-124. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Zizka, G. (1991). Flowering plants of Easter island Palmarum Hortus Francofurtensis 3: 1-108.
- Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. (1982). Flora of Australia 29: 1-208. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Grabandt, Weeds of Crops & Gard. South. Afr.: 130 (1985). Described from America.
- J.M. Gibson, Wild Fl. Natal (Coast. Reg.): 91, t. 91 fig. 3 (1975).
- Ross, Fl. Natal: 308 (1972).
- Rhodora 69: 102 (1967).
- A. de Candolle, Prodr. 13, 1: 434 (1852).
- ed. 2: 262 (1762).
- Sp. Pl.: 183 (1753)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Flora Zambesiaca 8(4): 1-124. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Zizka, G. (1991). Flowering plants of Easter island Palmarum Hortus Francofurtensis 3: 1-108.
- Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. (1982). Flora of Australia 29: 1-208. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
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