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Physalis heterophylla Nees
clammy groundcherry

       
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Photo of Physalis heterophylla Nees
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.
 
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Physalis heterophylla Nees

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Distribution:
Physalis heterophylla Nees

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Physalis heterophylla Nees

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 29 species in Physalis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Physalis heterophylla Nees var. heterophylla. .
Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla
clammy groundcherry
Distribution of Physalis heterophylla Nees var. rowellii Stanford. .
Physalis heterophylla var. rowellii
Rowell's groundcherry
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Classification:
Physalis heterophylla Nees

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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 heterophylla Nees – clammy groundcherry
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Physalis heterophylla Nees

clammy groundcherry

This plant 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.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Physalis heterophylla Nees

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30601.

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).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
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