Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Physalis patula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Physalis pruinosa
- Physalis hederifolia
- Physalis acutifolia
- Physalis chenopodiifolia
- Physalis viscosa
- Physalis neomexicana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Physalis
- Species
- Physalis patula
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