Click for help
Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Physalis peruviana L.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
Is NZ relevant
This is the current name
This record has collections
This record has descriptions
This is a weed
This is foreign
Show more

Click to collapse Details Info

Physalis peruviana L., Sp. Pl. 1670 (1753)
Physalis peruviana L.
Names_Fungi record source Physalis peruviana L.

Click to collapse Biostatus Info

Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
1670
ICN
Physalis peruviana L.
species
Physalis peruviana

Click to collapse Classification Info

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Physalis
peruviana

Click to collapse Vernacular names Info

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Physalis peruviana L.

Annual or short-lived, sprawling or spreading perennial, (15)-20-150-(200) cm tall, densely hairy. Lvs petiolate. Lamina 5-16-(20) × 3-10-(17) cm, usually broadly ovate, entire or slightly sinuate-dentate; base subcordate or cordate; apex acuminate. Fls solitary. Calyx densely hairy outside; teeth 3-5 mm long, narrow-triangular, acuminate. Corolla 15-22 mm diam., pale yellow with purplish patch towards base; teeth very shallow, ± acute. Anthers 3-3.5 mm long, violet. Fruiting calyx 3-5 cm long, 10-ribbed, hairy. Berry 10-20 mm diam., orange; flesh sweet. Seed 1.5-2 mm diam., broadly oblong-ellipsoid.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Physalis peruviana L.
Physalis peruviana L.
Howell, C. (2008)
Physalis peruviana L.
Physalis peruviana L.
Physalis peruviana L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Click to collapse Collections Info

Physalis peruviana L.
Australia
2 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Cook Islands
4 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Fiji
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
French Polynesia
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
5 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
2 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
4 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
7 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
17 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
4 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
2 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
16 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
2 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Niue
2 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Norfolk Island
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Samoa
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Tonga
3 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
United States
1 Link to an external page
Physalis peruviana L.
Unknown
1 Link to an external page

Click to collapse Metadata Info

1df2cba7-f2c0-4126-951c-be354e4b819d
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 November 2013
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top