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§1 Plant
Physalis pubescens L.
vernacular husk tomato — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Physalis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 541 counties across 32 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 541 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Fountain 18045
- Grant 18053
- Harrison 18061
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Parke 18121
- Randolph 18135
- Spencer 18147
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Breckinridge 21027
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Daviess 21059
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Denton 48121
- Gonzales 48177
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Parker 48367
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Travis 48453
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Charles City 51036
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHPU7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5341819 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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