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New Mexican groundcherry

Physalis neomexicana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 10, February 9, March 11, April 16, May 20, June 12, July 12, August 31, September 27, October 24, November 11, December 16.
United States350
New Mexico301
Texas98
Arizona82
Colorado23

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

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise New Mexican groundcherry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.