Physalis alkekengi, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 196

1. P. alkekengi L. , Sp. Pl. 183 (1753).

Perennial, with horizontal rhizome; stem 25-60(-100) cm, erect, simple or branched above. Leaves 4—15 x 2-8 cm, broadly ovate, slightly acuminate, truncate to broadly cuneate at base, entire to sinuate or with a few coarse teeth, sparsely pubescent; petiole 1-5-6 cm. Pedicels 5-15 mm. Calyx 5—18 mm, tomentose; teeth c. £ total length, attenuate; fruiting calyx 25-50 mm, inflated, red to orange. Corolla 15-25 mm in diameter, rotate, distinctly 5-lobed, dirty white. Anthers 2 mm. Berry 12-17 mm, red to orange. 2« = 24. Europe, northwards to N. France and C. Russia, but doubtfully native in the northern and western parts o f this range. Al Au |B e Bu *Co Cz *Ga Ge Gr He *Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Tu [Br Ho].