Solanaceae
Husk tomato
Physalis pubescens
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Physalis
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- حبوة زباء
- arz
- فزاليز بوبيسينس
- Belarusian
- Фізаліс сунічны
- Chinese
- 毛酸浆, 毛酸漿, 洋姑娘, 短毛酸浆, 苦蘵, 苦蘵果实
- Czech
- Mochyně pýřitá
- English
- Husk tomato, Broadleaf groundcherry, Thicket groundcherry
- Haitian Creole
- Manman lanman
- Japanese
- ヒメセンナリホオズキ
- sg
- Kûyâa-sisä
- Swedish
- Dunlyktört
Synonyms
- Alicabon barbadense (Jacq.) Raf.
- Alkekengi procumbens Moench
- Boberella pubescens (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Physalis barbadensis Lam.
- Physalis barbadensis Jacq.
- Physalis barbadensis var. glabra (Michx.) Fernald
- Physalis barbadensis var. obscura (Michx.) Rydb.
- Physalis floridana Rydb.
- Physalis heterophylla Colla
- Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla
- Physalis hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti
- Physalis hirsuta Dunal
- Physalis hirsuta var. barbadensis (Jacq.) Dunal
- Physalis hirsuta var. hirsuta
- Physalis hirsuta var. integrifolia Dunal
- Physalis hirsuta var. repando-dentata Dunal
- Physalis hygrophila Mart.
- Physalis hylophila Standl.
- Physalis latiphysa Waterf.
- Physalis miraflorensis Dunal
- Physalis neesiana Sendtn.
- Physalis obscura Michx.
- Physalis obscura var. glabra Michx.
- Physalis obscura var. obscura
- Physalis obscura var. viscido-pubescens Michx.
- Physalis pubescens var. glabra (Michx.) Waterf.
- Physalis pubescens var. hygrophila (Mart.) Dunal
- Physalis pubescens var. integrifolia (Dunal) Waterf.
- Physalis pubescens var. minutifolia O.E.Schulz
- Physalis pubescens var. pubescens
- Physalis turbinata Medik.
- Physalis villosa Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to November (from 269 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: hr_dragonfly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Celeste Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rebecca Gimenez Husted, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Whitney Mattila, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.