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Ground Cherry

Prunus fruticosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) anastasiiamerkulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	2,280
Alaska	2,278
Russia	1,539
Chelyabinsk Oblast	257
Samara Oblast	209
Ukraine	136
Penza Oblast	130
Austria	127
Niederösterreich	104
Voronezh Oblast	95

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales
Family	rose family · Rosaceae
Genus	plums, cherries, and allies · Prunus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
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Practise Ground Cherry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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