Physalis alkekengi
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Read about Physalis alkekengi in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Physalis alkekengi, Linn. Alkekengi. Strawberry Tomato. Winter Cherry. Bladder Cherry. Diffuse grower, usually with zigzag mostly simple angled setose pubescent sts.: lvs. ovate, with broad base, angular, the petiole widening at the top: fls. whitish, the anthers yellow: fr. red (sometimes eaten), the ripe large calyx blood-red and very showy. Seems to be native from S. E. Eu. to Japan, but now adventive or naturalized in many parts of the world; it represents a variable group, from which different forms may be separated. Gn. 41, p. 577; 49, p. 233; 57, pp. 28, 432. The strawberry tomato is an old garden plant, grown for its highly colored bladders. The plant grows 12-18 in. tall. Of easiest cult. In the N., plants are usually started indoors. It is a perennial, the root withstanding much frost if protected, but it is usually grown as an annual. Not hardy in the northern states.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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