Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Physalis pubescens L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Physalis obscura Michx.

Common names:

Alkekengi Barbadense nanum, Alliariae folio (1774, Dill) (107)

Alkekengi Virginaum fructu luteo vulgo Capuli (1725, Feuille) (107)

Alkekengi Virginianum fructo luteo (1694, Tournefort) (107)

Camaru (1648, Marcg.) (107)

Cape gooseberry (1923) (156)

Common ground-cherry [Common groundcherry] (1923) (138)

Common husk-tomato [Common husk tomato] (1895) (2)

Downy ground-cherry [Downy ground cherry] (1986) (4)

Dwarf cape-gooseberry [Dwarf cape gooseberry] (1895-1932) (2, 5, 158)

Dwarf strawberry-tomato [Dwarf strawberry tomato] (1900) (158)

Ground-cherry [Ground cherry, Groundcherry] (1840-1923) (19, 107, 156)

Halicacabum sive Alkekengi Virginense (1686, Ray) (107)

Husk-tomato [Husk tomato] (1919-Present) (50, 107, 156)

Low hairy ground-cherry [Low hairy ground cherry] (1900-1937) (5, 62, 72, 97, 122, 158)

Strawberry-tomato [Strawberry tomato] (1895-1932) (2, 5, 62, 107, 156)