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Annual to shrub
Leaves generally simple, generally alternate, generally petioled; stipules 0; blade entire to deeply lobed
Inflorescence various
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla ± radial, cylindric to rotate, lobes generally 5; stamens 5, alternate corolla lobes; ovary superior, generally 2-chambered, style 1
Fruit: berry or capsule, 2–5-chambered
Genera in family: 75 genera, 3000 species: worldwide, especially ± tropical; many alien weeds in CA; many cultivated for food, drugs, or ornamental (potato, tomato, peppers, tobacco, petunia);many TOXIC .
Annual or rhizomed per; hairs sometimes branched
Leaves sometimes ± opposite, entire to pinnately lobed
Inflorescence: flowers 1–few per axil, pedicelled
Flower: calyx 5-lobed, enlarged and persistent in fruit; corolla rotate to widely bell-shaped, yellowish, often dark-spotted inside; stamens 5, filaments inserted on hairy band in corolla tube, anthers free, generally < filaments, opening by slits; style generally straight
Fruit: berry
Seeds many, 2–2.5 mm, ± spheric to reniform
Species in genus: ± 85 species: Am, Eurasia, Australia
Etymology: (Greek: bladder, from calyx in fruit)
Reference: [Sullivan 1985 Syst Bot 10:426–444]
Some species cultivated for edible or ornamental fruit.Unripe fruit often TOXIC. Needs further study in w US .
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Annual 2–10 dm, branched; hairs simple, short, appressed
Leaf 4–12 cm, lanceolate to ± ovate, tapered to base, teeth < 7 mm, prominent, slender
Inflorescence: pedicels 15–25 mm, in fruit < 40 mm
Flower: calyx 3–4.5 mm, in fruit 20–25 mm, spheric, with 10 equal veins; corolla 15–23 mm wide, rotate, pale yellow with darker yellow center; anthers 3 mm, yellow and blue-green
Ecology: Waste places, roadsides
Elevation: < 200 m.
Bioregional distribution: s San Joaquin Valley, South Coast, Sonoran Desert
Distribution outside California: to Texas, n Mexico
Flowering time: Jul–Oct
Synonyms: P. wrightii A. Gray