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§1 Plant
Nicandra physalodes (L.) Scop.
vernacular apple of Peru — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Nicandra
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 266 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 266 counties across 29 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Adair 21001
- Boone 21015
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Daviess 21059
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Grant 21081
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Montgomery 21173
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Athens 39009
- Brown 39015
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Licking 39089
- Montgomery 39113
- Pike 39131
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Trumbull 39155
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carter 47019
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hancock 47067
- Haywood 47075
- Knox 47093
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Union 47173
Vermont view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 5 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/NIPH ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5341754 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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