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Walter's groundcherry

Physalis walteri

Also called Dune Ground Cherry, Dune Groundcherry

Walter's groundcherry
Photo: Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0
Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
Climate
subtropical

About

Physalis walteri, commonly known as Walter's groundcherry or dune groundcherry, is a species of flowering plant. Its native distribution is Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Virginia in the United States as well as Northeast Mexico. Its habitat is pinelands and open coastal areas.

It is a perennial herb that grows to a height of around 2 feet with yellow flowers that bloom from May to September. It grows from deep and stout roots with stems that are a mix of erect and ground spreading densely covered with very small hairs. The leaves are 3 to 13 cm long and 1.5 to 5 cm wide.

Other Physalis plants

Sharpleaf groundcherry · Cutleaf groundcherry · Coastal groundcherry · Southwestern groundcherry · Cotztomatl · Yellow nightshade groundcherry · Strawberry-tomato · Ivyleaf groundcherry · Clammy groundcherry · Physalis infinemundi · Broadleaf groundcherry · Longleaf groundcherry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Physalis walteri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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