Solanaceae
Yellow nightshade groundcherry
Physalis crassifolia
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Physalis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yellow nightshade groundcherry
Synonyms
- Physalis cardiophylla Torr.
- Physalis crassifolia f. crassifolia
- Physalis crassifolia f. muriculata (Greene) Waterf.
- Physalis crassifolia subvar. crassifolia
- Physalis crassifolia var. cardiophylla (Torr.) A.Gray
- Physalis crassifolia var. crassifolia
- Physalis crassifolia var. infundibularis I.M.Johnst.
- Physalis genucaulis A.Nelson
- Physalis greenei Vasey & Rose
- Physalis muricata Greene
- Physalis muriculata (Greene) Waterf.
- Physalis muriculata Greene
- Physalis pedunculata Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Liz Pucket, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: JaNae Jackman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.