Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Solanaceae

Physalis - [maps | photos]

• Physalis angulata L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: cutleaf ground cherry

• Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.
  Common Name: smallflower ground cherry

• Physalis cordata Mill.
  Common Name: heartleaf ground cherry

• Physalis grisea (Waterfall) M. Martinez
  Common Name: strawberry-tomato
  Synonyms:
  

         • Physalis pruinosa auct. non L.

• Physalis heterophylla Nees
  Common Name: clammy ground cherry

• Physalis longifolia Nutt. var. subglabrata (Mack. & Bush) Cronquist
  Common Name: longleaf ground cherry

• Physalis pubescens L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: husk tomato
  Synonyms:
  

         • Physalis pubescens L. var. integrifolia (Dunal) Waterfall

• Physalis virginiana Mill.
  Common Name: Virginia ground cherry

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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