Nicandra physalodes, (L.) Gaertner

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 : 193

1. N. physalodes (L.) Gaertner , Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 237 (1791).

Stems 10-80(-200) cm. Leaves 4—15(—37) x 2-10(-30) cm, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, obtuse to acute, cuneate at base, coarsely and irregularly sinuate-serrate or -dentate, sometimes somewhat lobed near base. Flowers 2-4 cm; pedicels 1 -5-3 cm. Calyx 10-20 mm, up to 35 mm in fruit; teeth ovate, cuspidateacuminate, green or scarious. Corolla 2-4 cm in diameter, lilac to blue. Berry c. 15 mm, globose, brown. Widely cultivated for ornament and locally naturalized in C. & S.E. Europe, casual elsewhere. [Au?Az Bu He Hu?It Ju?Lu Rm Rs (K).] (Peru.)