Physalis virginiana

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Family:	SOLANACEAE
Species:	Physalis virginiana Mill.
Common Name:	Virginia Ground Cherry
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	**
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	PHVI5
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	SOLANACEAE - Nightshade/Potato family
Genus	Physalis
Species	Physalis virginiana Mill. - Virginia Ground Cherry

Citation

Citation	Physalis virginiana Miller, Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) Physalis no. 4. 1768.
Basionym:	**
Type:	USA: VIRGINIA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Physalis intermedia	Physalis intermedia Rydberg, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 345. 1895.
Physalis monticola	Physalis monticola C. Mohr, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 119. 1899.		ALABAMA: DeKalb Co.: Lookout Mountain near Mentone,

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clarke, Colbert, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox, Winston

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1880 - 1963

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UNA00026361	Mobile	_ Apr 1887	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134330	Etowah	23 Jun 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 2697	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA_ACC_45420	Tallapoosa	22 Apr 1979	Atchley, Cecil G. 074	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill. Var. Virginiana
AUA_ACC_41663	Elmore	5 May 1973	Scruggs, Debra A. 105	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill.
UNA00026358	Tuscaloosa	_ Apr 1874	Smith, Eugene A. s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134335	Jackson	31 Aug 1997	Ballard, J. Mark 7452	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134333	Jackson	13 Aug 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1187	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134337	Limestone	27 Jun 1996	Whetstone, R. David 17918	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134345	Wilcox	20 May 1982	Gunn, Scott C. 660	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
USAM000014757	Baldwin	18 May 1980	Ewing, Elvin G. Jr. s.n.	USAM Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134338	Madison	22 Sep 1995	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UWAL0048328	Mobile	21 Apr 2016	Horne, Howard E. 3105	UWAL Physalis virginiana P. Miller
UWAL0018867	Madison	27 Jun 1986	Kral, Robert 73548	UWAL Physalis virginiana Mill.
JSU134326	Cherokee	3 Aug 1997	Ballard, J. Mark 7327	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA_ACC_37385	Monroe	29 Apr 1981	Henderson, T. 021	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill. Var. Virginiana
TROY000048065	Lawrence	02 Oct 1993	Blythe, Fennel 14	TROY Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134339	Marshall	2 Aug 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2553	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00058543	Blount	24 May 1998	Keener, Brian R. 1295	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
ALNHS00007782	Etowah	03 AUG 2022	Barger, T. Wayne SP#5791	ALNHS Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134336	Lawrence	12 Aug 1974	Whetstone, R. David 3587	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00026402	DeKalb	10 Sep _	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
AUA_ACC_64200	Jackson	3 Jul 1998	Brodeur, K.R. 1004 & 19497	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill.
TROY000047681	Autauga	11 Apr 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 621	TROY Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00053989	Greene	30 Jun 1966	Thomas, Joab L. 827	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134329	Etowah	7 Aug 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 3010	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134340	Marshall	9 Sep 1991	Spaulding, Daniel D. 849	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134324	Calhoun	22 May 1973	Landers, Kenneth E. RDW-1162	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00026360	Lee	25 Apr 1896	Underwood, L.M. s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134332	Jackson	18 Sep 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1450	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134323	Calhoun	4 May 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 371	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA_ACC_23977	Chilton	20 May 1971	Freeman, John D. 732	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134327	Colbert	6 Jun 1975	Whetstone, R. David 4393	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU139143	Madison	13 Jul 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 9050	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
USAM000014756	Mobile	28 Apr 1973	LeLong, Michel G. 6987	USAM Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00026359	Tuscaloosa	02 May 1963	Howell, Wm. Mike s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
UNA00026354	Clarke	28 Apr 1888	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134344	Talladega	2 May 1956	Lewis, Sonny s.n.	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UWAL0046997	Autauga	11 Apr 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 621	UWAL Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134341	Morgan	15 Sep 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 9185	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA_ACC_4197	Lee	6 May 1951	Majors, Edward	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill.
TROY000032373	Butler	17 Apr 2011	Diamond, Alvin R. 21908	TROY Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA000039623	Lee	2 May 2018	Taylor, Chris T. CSP-516	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134328	DeKalb	2 May 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 239	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134334	Jackson	3 Jul 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1004	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
TROY000024031	St. Clair	16 May 1980	Kral, Robert 65091	TROY Physalis virginiana Miller
JSU134331	Jackson	21 Sep 1997	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10106	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00026674	DeKalb	02 Jun 1892	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134325	Calhoun	12 Jun 1973	Whetstone, R. David RDW-1160	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA_ACC_64144	Randolph	2 Aug 1986	Nixon, C.F. 3498	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill. Var. Virginiana
ALNHS00007783	Etowah	03 AUG 2022	Barger, T. Wayne SP#5791	ALNHS Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
UNA00026357	Winston	28 Apr 1880	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134322	Calhoun	4 May 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 371	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
TROY000009268	Pike	25 Apr 1997	Holmes, Jeanese 350	TROY Physalis virginiana Miller
AUA_ACC_22602	Lee	30 May 1970	Evans, R.W. 180	AUA Physalis Virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134343	Talladega	30 May 1973	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UNA00026401	DeKalb	29 May 1892	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
JSU134342	St. Clair	12 May 1983	Whetstone, R. David 13161	JSU Physalis virginiana Miller
UWAL0004220	Sumter	02 Oct 1993	Stanton, Lee E. B-101	UWAL Physalis virginiana
UNA00026355	Clarke	28 Apr 1884	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Physalis virginiana P. Mill.

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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