PLANTS Profile for Physalis philadelphica (Mexican groundcherry)

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PLANTS Profile

Physalis philadelphica Lam.
Mexican groundcherry

Symbol:

PHPH2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Soviet Union (Former), Sukhum. Usage Requirements.

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Physalis philadelphica Lam.

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Distribution:
Physalis philadelphica Lam.


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Related Taxa:
Physalis philadelphica Lam.

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 29 species in Physalis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Physalis philadelphica Lam. var. immaculata Waterf.. . Image Available.

Physalis philadelphica var. immaculata
Mexican groundcherry

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Physalis philadelphica Lam.

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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 philadelphica Lam. – Mexican groundcherry

Introduced Information:
Physalis philadelphica Lam.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Physalis philadelphica Lam.

Physalis ixocarpa [=PHPHI]:

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Physalis philadelphica Lam.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504374.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 06:49 PM CDT