Large-flowered Tomatillo - Physalis philadelphica
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Species Description
Scattered and very rare casual. Habitat includes: tips, wasteland, spoil heaps etc.
Stace 4:
Physalis philadelphica Lam. - Large-flowered Tomatillo.
Differs from P. ixocarpa usually with larger flowers, fruits and fruiting calyx, but dimensions overlap, obscured by cultivars; (2n=24). Neophyte-casual; increasingly common on tips etc. from its use as fruit; scattered in England; North and South America.
Key:
- Stems and leaves sparsely hairy to subglabrous
- Corolla (15)20-40mm across; filaments ≤5mm; anthers 2-4(5)mm, becoming curved after dehiscence; style ≤8mm