Physalis heterophylla

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

Taxonomic notes

Common name: clammy groundcherry

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

P. heterophylla has been documented to grow in calcareous coastal hardwood hammocks, drying sand bordering woods, upland sandhills, annually burned pineland of mostly longleaf (FSU Herbarium). It has also been observed growing in old biocontrol plots and a fallow quail food patch. It has been documented to grow in loam soils of the Red Hills Region, moist sandy loam and calcareous areas (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

P. heterophylla has been observed to bloom May through July (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.