Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Solanaceae
  • Species : Nicandra physalodes
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.
  • Common name : Shoo-Fly Plant
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1241, HFP 2061
  • Key identification features : An annual erect herb. Leaves are simple, large, irregularly toothed. Flowers are solitary (2-3 cm) in the leaf axils. Sepals are broadly winged and leaf-like. Corolla is bell-shaped, violet. Fruit is globose, enclosed in membranous inflated sepals.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : Peru
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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