Physalis walteri

Physalis walteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Physalis
Species:	P. walteri
Binomial name
Physalis walteri Nutt.
Natural range of Physalis walteri from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic notes

Common name: Walter's groundcherry

Ecology

Habitat

P. walteri has been observed to be growing naturally at beach dunes; longleaf pine flatwoods; a turkey oak/longleaf pine sandridge; sandy banks bordering salt marshes; a shaded pine plantation; a Serenoa scrub behind a beach sand dune ridge; longleaf pine and wiregrass upland; and slash pine flatwoods on limerock (FSU Herbarium). In human disturbed areas it has been documented to grow on plowed and vacant lots on or near the beach; roadsides near beaches; roadside ditches; in loamy soil of old fields, pastures and levees; lawns; and a clearing of a swamp forest (FSU Herbarium). Observed growing in dry loamy sand, loamy sand and calcareous soils (FSU Herbarium). Species associated with P. walteri include Tragia smallii, Pinus palustris, Physalis arenicola, Lobelia puberula,, turkey oak, Sporobolus, Serenoa repens, Yucca, Lyonia, Lantana, Camara, Carex hyalinolepis, Melica mutica, Aristida, slash pine, and Helianthus debilis (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

P. walteri is recorded to bloom April through August (FSU Herbarium).