Weedscan Weed Profiles

WeedScan is a free community weed identification, alert, recording and communication system that supports cooperative weeds action Australia-wide. The weed profiles are being improved, please send feedback to weeds@invasives.com.au

View the Project on GitHub Centre-for-Invasive-Species-Solutions/demo_json_api

Solanaceae

Physalis longifolia

Common Names: Perennial ground cherry

Plant Form: Perennial herb. Size: Up to 50 cm tall. Leaves: Lance-shaped, up to 6 cm long, with toothed or lobed edges. Flowers: Short tubes with greenish yellow overlapping petals and dark blotches in centre. Fruit and Seeds: Pale green berries up to 1 cm diameter. Impacts: Competes with crops and native species.

Flower (matthewbeziat)
Leaves and fruit (nathbrown)
Hand for scale (sue649)
Leaves can be hairy (mfawver)