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Physalis angustifolia Nuttall. Common name: Coastal Ground-cherry. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Maritime dunes and coastal sands, longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: Gulf Coast shorelines from S. FL west to s. LA. Reports of P. viscosa from the Southeast are based on either P. angustifolia or P. walteri.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl6, FNA14, K4, WH3, Sullivan (1985), Sullivan (2004), Turner & Martínez (2011), Ward (2008a). Basionym: Physalis angustifolia Nutt. 1834

Links to other floras: = Physalis angustifolia - FNA14

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