Physalis walteri

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Physalis walteri
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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.
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Natural range of Physalis walteri from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic notes

Common name: Walter's groundcherry

Description

Distribution

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).

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: July 2015. Collectors: M Y Menzel, R W Menzel, Loran C. Anderson, James R. Burkhalter, Robert K. Godfrey, O. Lakela, William Lindsey, J. B. Nelson, R. H. Wnek, C. Jackson, Robert L. Lazor, Andre F. Clewell, Robert Kral, George R. Cooley, R. J. Eaton, Sidney McDaniel, Cecil R Slaughter, Marc Minno, James D. Ray, Jr., C. E. Wood, C. E. Smith, R. D. Houk, Ann F. Johnson, M. Davis, Richard R. Clinebell II, D. E. Etles, M. S. Etles, William Lindsey, A. H. Curtiss, D. B. Ward, D. Burch. States and Counties: Florida: Brevard, Broward, Calhoun, Citrus, Collier, Dade, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Hernando, Holmes, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Martin, Monroe, Nassau, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Orange, Santa Rosa, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Seminole, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.