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Common Name:
Dune Ground-cherry, Sand Ground-cherry, Walter's Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis walteri FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis walteri FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis viscosa ssp. maritima 165-03-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Dunes of sea-beaches, openings in maritime forests, longleaf pine sandhills (southward), and rarely inland as a waif in disturbed areas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Clammy Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis heterophylla FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis heterophylla 165-03-002 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, prairies, stream valleys, dry rocky woodlands, hammocks
Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains & Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Sandhills Ground-cherry, Sword Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Physalis lanceolata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis lanceolata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis lanceolata 165-03-002x FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis virginiana FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis virginiana var. virginiana 165-03-003a FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, glades, barrens, and disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Longleaf Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis virginiana var. subglabrata 165-03-003b FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Open woodlands, gardens and disturbed areas
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Ground-cherry, Cutleaf Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis angulata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis angulata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis angulata 165-03-004 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed areas, open woodlands, agricultural fields
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Physalis pubescens FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis pubescens var. pubescens FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis pubescens var. pubescens 165-03-005a FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Gray Ground-cherry, Strawberry-tomato, Dwarf Cape-gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis grisea FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis grisea FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis pubescens var. grisea 165-03-005b FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Wooded slopes, disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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