Index / Search / Physalis longifolia
§1 Plant
Physalis longifolia Nutt.
vernacular longleaf groundcherry — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Physalis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 984 counties across 35 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 984 counties across 35 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 92 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 105 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Todd 21219
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Antrim 26009
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- DeKalb 29063
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Banner 31007
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cheyenne 31033
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- McPherson 31117
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 76 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Kay 40071
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Rogers 40131
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Marion 47115
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Trousdale 47169
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Stafford 51179
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Marathon 55073
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHLO4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5341818 ↗Record version
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