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Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.
sharpleaf groundcherry

       
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Photo of Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.
Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TX, Cameron Co. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

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Synonyms:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

  PHWR3 Physalis wrightii A. Gray
 

Distribution:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

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USA (AZ, CA, LA, MO, NC, NM, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 29 species in Physalis
 

Classification:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Solanales
Family Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus Physalis L. – groundcherry
Species Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw. – sharpleaf groundcherry
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

Physalis wrightii
Wright groundcherry
sharpleaf groundcherry

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30588.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 
 
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