Nicandra physalodes Calflora

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Taxon Report

Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.

Apple of peru, Nicandra

2005 Louis-M. Landry

2004 Patrick Jonas

Nicandra physalodes is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~13 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Nicandra
Family:	Solanaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Atropa physalodes
PLANTS	Physalodes physalodes

Information about Nicandra physalodes from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (NIPH) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).