Physalis SOLANACEAE Lycium 



Physalis L. Ground Cherry. 



See Key in Deam : Flora of Indiana. 



P. ixocarpa Brotero. Tomatillo. 



Cultivated, and occasionally spontaneous in New Castle County: 

 in sandy soil, Deakyne's Landing, Commons, 20 June 1866 (A); 

 waste ground near Centreville, Commons, 3 Sept. 1869 (A); Wil- 

 mington, Commons, 16 Oct. 1900 (A). Introd. from the Southwest. 



P. angulata L. 



Rare, in sandy soil, Sussex County: Cypress Swamp near 

 Gumboro, Commons, 24 Sept. 1874 (A). 



P. pruinosa L. Strawberry Tomato. 



Rare, in sandy soil. New Castle County: fields and wastes, 

 Centreville, Commons, 16 Sept. 1868 (A). 



P. Alkekengi L. Winter Cherry. 



Cultivated and occasionally escaping. (Eastern Asia.) 



P. heterophylla Nees. 



Frequent in fields and open pinelands, New Castle, Sussex and 

 Wicomico Counties. Late May to mid-July. 



P. subglabrata Mack. & Bush. 



Frequent in fields and sandy soil, New Castle County; occasional 

 farther south: near Longwoods (Ta), Earle, 3500, 1 Sept. 1941 (P); 

 13^ mi. s. s. e. of Union ville (Ta), Earle, 3949, 27 Sept. 1944 (P). 

 July. 



P. virginiana Mill. (P. lanceolata of manuals.) 



Infrequent, in dry sandy soil, Sussex and Wicomico Counties. 

 Late May to July. 



Nicandra Adans. 



N. Physalodes (L.) Pers. Apple-of-Peru. 



Cultivated, and occasionally escaping to waste ground. Introd. 

 from Peru. 



Lycium L. Matrimony Vine. 



L. halimifolium Mill. (L. vulgare Dunal.) 



Infrequent, about dwellings and in waste places. Introd. from 

 Europe. 



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