Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Physalis peruviana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1670 (1763)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1763	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Peruvian ground-cherry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Bolivia to W. Brazil	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	38 cm	38.1 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 500, 564, 882, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	brown, yellow, green, purple	brown, green, purple, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub	Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	175 cm	175 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 500, 564, 882, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 460, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	aug, sep, oct · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 110, 444	Sourced

Physalis peruviana L., 1763 27% complete

Peruvian ground-cherry

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