Seed variety
Husk tomato – Physalis pruinosa
Physalis pruinosa is an annual Solanaceae from tropical America. It is botanically distinct from the perennial P. peruviana, despite the overlapping ground-cherry and husk-tomato common names. Keeping the species visible helps distinguish these catalogue entries without assuming that their growing cycles are identical. Husk tomato is the catalogue designation for this seed entry.
At a glance
Reference BSI-H373060Variety profile
Characteristics
- Cultivar
- Husk tomato
- Seeds per gram
- 600.0
- Plant height (cm)
- 30
- Growth habit
- Spreading, Trailing
- Life cycle
- annual
Botanical details
- Common names
- Ground Cherry
- Synonyms
- annual (HhP) · pot · border
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Physalis
- Species
- Physalis pruinosa