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Dwarf groundcherry
Physalis pumila
Physalis pumila, commonly known as dwarf ground-cherry or prairie ground-cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to the central and south-central United States. The species grows in open habitats including glades, prairies, sandhills, dunes, sandy floodplains, fields, disturbed habitats, and roadsides.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 166812.