Sharpleaf Groundcherry (Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw.)

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Legend	Color
Native
Native or Not Present
Introduced or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

This species is native to the southwestern US and Mexico, but has appeared at isolated sites in the southeast. We mark these populations introduced because they are isolated and separated from the native range by considerable distances, larger than the gaps in this plant's native range. It is not known whether or not it has persisted on these sites; if it does it is probably very rare. We have yet to build the portion of the map in Mexico.