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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nicandra physalodes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Nicandra physalodes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Nicandra physalodes

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-02-001:

Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Physalodes physalodes

 

COMMON NAME:
Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant


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image of Nicandra physalodes, Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phph3_001_lvd

        

image of Nicandra physalodes, Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant

Keith Bradley    kab_n_physalodes_6898

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaves to 8" long, coarsely and unevenly toothed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Nicandra physalodes, Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant

Keith Bradley    kab_n_physalodes_6904

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

Similar to Physalis, but flower light blue and much larger (1-1.5" wide), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Nicandra physalodes, Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant

Keith Bradley    kab_n_physalodes_6909

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

The specific epithet "physlodes" suggests its similarity to Physalis, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nicandra physalodes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nicandra physalodes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nicandra physalodes

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-02-001:
Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalodes physalodes

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2848

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed places, such as cultivated fields and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Peru

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Weakly 5-lobed, broadly campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry

 

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