OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Physalis pubescens   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physalis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Physalis pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Physalis pubescens

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Physalis pubescens var. integrifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Physalis pubescens var. pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-03-005a:

Physalis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Physalis barbadensis var. barbadensis

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Physalis pubescens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Physalis barbadensis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Physalis pubescens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Physalis turbinata

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato


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image of Physalis pubescens, Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phba6_001_lvd

        

image of Physalis pubescens, Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phpr7_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Physalis pubescens   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physalis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Physalis pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Physalis pubescens

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Physalis pubescens var. integrifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Physalis pubescens var. pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-03-005a:
Physalis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Physalis barbadensis var. barbadensis

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Physalis pubescens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalis barbadensis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalis pubescens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Physalis turbinata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3340

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed campanulate to subrotate corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry

 

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