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Ivyleaf Groundcherry
Physalis hederifolia
  
22 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Ivyleaf Groundcherry (Physalis hederifolia) 22 Nurseries Carry This Plant Physalis hederifolia is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by the common name ivyleaf groundcherry. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in rocky, dry desert and mountain habitat. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a hairy, branching stem 10 to 80 centimeters long. The gray-green oval leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and have smooth or bluntly toothed edges. The flowers growing from the leaf axils are bell-shaped and just over a centimeter long. They are yellow with five brown smudges in the throats. The five-lobed calyx of sepals at the base of the flower enlarges as the fruit develops, becoming an inflated, veined nearly spherical structure 2 or 3 centimeters long which contains the berry.

There are several wild varieties of this species.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Flower Color
Flower Color
Cream, Yellow, Brown

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring, Summer

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 4 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Manduca sexta Image
Carolina Sphinx Manduca sextaManduca sexta
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Helicoverpa zea Image
Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zea
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Estigmene acrea Image
Salt Marsh Moth or Acrea Moth Estigmene acreaEstigmene acrea

Landscaping Information
Moisture
Moisture
Very Low

Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 22

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast

Soil Description
Soil Description
Prefers rocky, gravelly or sandy soil, such as decomposed granite

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.6" - 18.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.57" - 3.28", Coldest Month: 39.1" - 57.4", Hottest Month: 61.8" - 86.4", Humidity: 2.69" - 37.33", Elevation: 630" - 7763"


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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