The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual
Key to PHYSALIS
N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.
1.
Flower erect; corolla purple; style curved
P. lobata
1'
Flower generally nodding; corolla yellow; style straight
2.
Leaf with branched hairs; perennial herb
3.
Corolla with 5 purple-brown spots inside
P. hederifolia var. fendleri
3'
Corolla greenish or deep yellow inside, unspotted
P. viscosa
2'
Leaf glabrous or with unbranched hairs; annual or perennial herb
4.
Perennial or subshrub from rhizomes
5.
Anthers bluish
P. longifolia
5'
Anthers yellow
6.
Pedicel > flower or calyx in fruit
P. crassifolia
6'
Pedicel < flower or calyx in fruit
P. hederifolia var. palmeri
4'
Annual from taproot
7.
Plant ± densely hairy
P. pubescens
8.
Leaf 5–9 cm, ± thick, teeth many
var. grisea
8'
Leaf 3–5 cm, thin, teeth 0–few
var. integrifolia
7'
Plant glabrous to sparsely hairy
9.
Corolla with 5 dark-purple spots inside; anthers twisted after opening
P. philadelphica
9'
Corolla not dark-spotted inside; anthers not clearly twisted after opening
10.
Corolla pale yellow with dark yellow center, 15–23 mm wide; leaf deeply toothed; anthers 3 mm
P. acutifolia
10'
Corolla evenly yellow throughout, 7–8 mm wide; leaf entire to ± weakly toothed; anthers 1–2 mm
P. lancifolia
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