Index / Search / Physalis mollis var. mollis
§1 Plant
Physalis mollis Nutt. var. mollis
vernacular field groundcherry — variety · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Physalis
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 42 counties across 4 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 42 counties across 4 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Atascosa 48013
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Coleman 48083
- Colorado 48089
- Falls 48145
- Frio 48163
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Houston 48225
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Medina 48325
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Washington 48477
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHMOM2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6402799 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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