15b. Physalis longifolia Nuttall var. subglabrata (Mackenzie & Bush) Cronquist in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 4: 286. 1959.
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Physalis subglabrata Mackenzie & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12: 86. 1902; P. macrophysa Rydberg; P. virginiana Miller var. subglabrata (Mackenzie & Bush) Waterfall
Herbs glabrous or sparsely strigose, hairs simple, antrorse, to 0.5 mm. Stems erect, branching frequently at distal nodes, 1–6 dm. Leaf blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 3.5–10(–13) × 2–6(–7) cm. Flowers: corolla 10–18 mm; anthers blue-tinged. 2n = 24.
Flowering May–Oct. Open woods, fields, stream bottoms, roadsides, disturbed or cultivated sites; 10–400 m; Ont.; Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Plants of var. subglabrata with large fruiting calyces have been distinguished as forma macrophysa (Rydberg) Steyermark, but they appear to represent an extreme of a continuum and do not warrant taxonomic recognition.
