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Thickleaf Groundcherry

Physalis crassifolia

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 576, February 743, March 984, April 565, May 548, June 403, July 346, August 352, September 447, October 456, November 587, December 496.
United States7,520
California6,203
Arizona925
Nevada466
Mexico217
Baja California116
Baja California Sur94
Utah13
Sonora7
New Mexico2

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

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familynightshade family · Solanaceae
Genusgroundcherries · Physalis

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