- Family:
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Physalis L.
Physalis heterophylla Nees

Native to:
Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Introduced into:
West Himalaya
- Physalis ambigua (A.Gray) Britton
- Physalis heterophylla var. ambigua (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Physalis heterophylla var. clavipes Fernald
- Physalis heterophylla var. nyctaginea (Dunal) Rydb.
- Physalis heterophylla var. umbrosa Rydb.
- Physalis heterophylla var. villosa Waterf.
- Physalis nyctaginea Dunal
- Physalis sinuata Rydb.
- Physalis virginiana var. ambigua A.Gray
- Physalis viscosa var. nyctaginea (Dunal) Alph.Wood
Physalis heterophylla Nees appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Linnaea 6: 463 (1831)
Accepted by
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Gaur, R.D. (1999). Flora of the district of Garhwal north west Himalaya: 1-811. Transmedia, Srinagar, India.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and ajacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
- Pretz, C. & Deanna, R. (2020). Typifications and nomenclatural notes on Physalis (Solanaceae) from the United States. Taxon 69: 170-192.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Gaur, R.D. (1999). Flora of the district of Garhwal north west Himalaya: 1-811. Transmedia, Srinagar, India.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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