Physalis hispida: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Physalis hispida (Waterf.) Cronquist image

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Family Solanaceae
Physalis hispida (Waterf.) Cronquist
plains-sandhill ground-cherry, prairie ground-cherry
Physalis: from the Greek physalis, "a bladder," because of the inflated calyx
hispida: fine-hairy

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Status:	Introduced - adventive
Plant:	perennial forb
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Synonyms

Physalis lanceolata auct. pro parte, non Michx.
Physalis longifolia Nutt. var. hispida (Waterf.) Steyerm.
Physalis pumila Nutt. subsp. hispida (Waterf.) W.F.Hinton
Physalis virginiana Mill. var. hispida Waterf.

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