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|accepted_name=Physalis virginiana
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Physalis no. 4. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Physalis monticola
|authority=C. Mohr
|rank=species
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|name=P. virginiana var. campaniforma
|authority=Waterfall
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Physalis;Physalis virginiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Physalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Physalis virginiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, rhizomatous, rhizomes deeply buried, stout, hispid, hairs simple, jointed, divergent, mostly 1 mm, and retrorse, to 0.5 mm. <b>Stems</b> erect, branching infrequently and only at distal nodes, branches ascending, sometimes with multiple aerial stems arising from apex of rhizome, 1–4 dm. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1/5–1/2 blade; blade ovate to broadly lanceolate, 2–7(–9) × 1–5(–6) cm, base truncate to obtuse or rounded, margins entire or coarsely to shallowly dentate with few teeth. <b>Pedicels</b> (6–)9–19(–27) mm, 12–30(–33) mm in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 6–12(–14) mm, lobes 3–6 mm; corolla yellow with 5 dark purple-brown-black smudges, campanulate-rotate, 9–17(–20) mm; anthers yellow or blue-tinged, not twisted after dehiscence, 2–3 mm. <b>Fruiting</b> calyces loosely enclosing berry, 10-ribbed, pyramidal, narrowing to lobes, 20–40 × 15–30 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Sandy soils, prairies, fields, thickets, pine-oak-hickory woodlands, gravelly pinyon-juniper slopes, disturbed habitats, sandy or gravelly roadsides, cultivated ground, waste places, along railroads.
|elevation=50–2500 m.
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Physalis virginiana occurs primarily in the Midwest and central plains states and southern and eastern Canadian prairies. It is found sporadically in disturbed habitats in the eastern United States and on wooded, gravelly slopes in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. In Manitoba, the fruits of P. virginiana are gathered and preserved (canned) for winter use.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Physalis virginiana
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Physalis monticola;P. virginiana var. campaniforma
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Sandy soils, prairies, fields, thickets, pine-oak-hickory woodlands, gravelly pinyon-juniper slopes, disturbed habitats, sandy or gravelly roadsides, cultivated ground, waste places, along railroads.
|elevation=50–2500 m.
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=
|genus=Physalis
|species=Physalis virginiana
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