PLANTS Profile for Physalis crassifolia (yellow nightshade groundcherry)

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PLANTS Profile

Physalis crassifolia Benth.
yellow nightshade groundcherry

Symbol:

PHCR4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Physalis crassifolia Benth.

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Distribution:
Physalis crassifolia Benth.


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Related Taxa:
Physalis crassifolia Benth.

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

Distribution of Physalis crassifolia Benth. var. crassifolia. .

Physalis crassifolia var. crassifolia
yellow nightshade groundcherry

Distribution of Physalis crassifolia Benth. var. versicolor (Rydb.) Waterf.. .

Physalis crassifolia var. versicolor
yellow nightshade groundcherry

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Physalis crassifolia Benth.

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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 crassifolia Benth. – yellow nightshade groundcherry

More Accounts and Images:
Physalis crassifolia Benth.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30596.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 09:04 AM CDT