Taxon: Physalis longifolia Nutt. var. subglabrata (Mack. & Bush) Cronquist

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

ID°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See other conspecific taxa:

• Physalis longifolia (no accessions)
• Physalis longifolia var. longifolia (no accessions)

Common names:

• smoothed ground-cherry   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide State Noxweed Seed)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.], Quebec [s.w.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin [s.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia [n.], Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas [e.]

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist. [= P. subglabrata Mack. & Bush].
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [varieties not distinguishable].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Physalis subglabrata Mack. & Bush (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Physalis longifolia Nutt. var. subglabrata (Mack. & Bush) Cronquist:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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