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
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Read more about Apple-of-Peru at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phph3_001_lvd
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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).
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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).
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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
2848
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed places, such as cultivated fields and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Peru
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Weakly 5-lobed, broadly campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p424
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p221
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p196
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p233
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p150
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