Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Solanaceae > Physalis > Physalis lagascaePhysalis lagascae (husk tomato; husk-tomato; groundcherry)Synonyms: Alicabon barbadense; Nicandra indica; Physalis abyssinica (homotypic); Physalis alkekengi (heterotypic); Physalis alkekengi var. digitalifolia; Physalis angulata (heterotypic); Physalis angulata var. villosa; Physalis angulata villosa; Physalis barbadensis (heterotypic); Physalis crenata; Physalis diffusa (homotypic); Physalis dunalii; Physalis lagascae glabrescens; Physalis lagascae var. glabrescens; Physalis lagascae var. lagascae; Physalis micrantha; Physalis minima; Physalis minima f. paraguariensis; Physalis parvicula; Physalis parviculea; Physalis parviflora; Physalis pseudoangulata; Physalis pubescens (heterotypic); Physalis ramosa; Physalis rothiana (heterotypic); Physalis rydbergii (heterotypic); Physalis timorensis (homotypic); Physalis villosa (heterotypic); Solanum serratum Belonging to the Solanaceae family of perennial herbs, Physalis minima, is known by several names. native gooseberry, wild cape gooseberry and pygmy groundcherry are some of the popular common names in English. It is a pantropical annual herb 20–50 cm high at its maturity. Leaves are soft and smooth (not furry), with entire or jagged margins, 2.5–12 cm long. Cream to yellowish flowers are followed by edible yellowish fruit encapsulated in papery cover which turns straw brown and drops to the ground when the fruit is fully ripe. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Low |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Hazards [2] | Although no specific mention has been seen for this species, it belongs to a genus where many of the members have poisonous leaves and stems, though the full ripe fruits are usually edible; | | Lifespan [2] | Annual | | Pollinators [2] | Insects, Lepidoptera | | Structure [3] | Herb | | | Height [2] | 18 inches (0.45 m) |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
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Species |
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Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve |
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34336011 |
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Carara National Park |
II |
12983 |
Costa Rica |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve |
VI |
921676 |
Ecuador |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Corcovado National Park |
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115845 |
Costa Rica |
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El Palmar National Park |
II |
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Entre Rios, Argentina |
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Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve |
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Florida, United States |
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Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
66133 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Gombe National Park |
II |
8799 |
Tanzania |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
II |
1210128 |
Arizona, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Guanacaste National Park |
II |
85819 |
Costa Rica |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
VI |
715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kakadu National Park |
II |
4744348 |
Northern Territory, Australia |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Mburucuyá National Park |
II |
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Corrientes, Argentina |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Pulu Keeling National Park |
II |
6469 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve |
Ia |
24641 |
Costa Rica |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Río Pilcomayo National Park |
II |
123699 |
Formosa, Argentina |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4Comparative Ecology of Galapagos Ground Finches (Geospiza Gould): Evaluation of the Importance of Floristic Diversity and Interspecific Competition, Ian Abbott, L. K. Abbott, P. R. Grant, Ecological Monographs, Vol. 47, No. 2, (Spring, 1977), pp. 151-184 ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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