PLANTS Profile for Physalis cinerascens (smallflower groundcherry)

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PLANTS Profile

Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.
smallflower groundcherry

Symbol:

PHCI4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.

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Distribution:
Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, SC, TN, TX)

Related Taxa:
Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.

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

Distribution of Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc. var. cinerascens. .

Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens
smallflower groundcherry

Distribution of Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc. var. spathulifolia (Torr.) J.R. Sullivan. .

Physalis cinerascens var. spathulifolia
smallflower groundcherry

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.

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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 cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc. – smallflower groundcherry

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Minor						Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504367.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 04:20 PM CDT