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Cape gooseberry

Physalis peruviana

87Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul10
Aug19
Sep26
Oct21
Nov7
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England5
2Cambridgeshire England4
3Kent England4
4Oxfordshire England3
5Surrey England3
6Northamptonshire England3
7City of Edinburgh Scotland2
8Suffolk England1
9Highland Scotland1
10Cornwall England1
11Devon England1
12North Yorkshire England1
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
14Fife Scotland1
15Bath and North East Somerset England1
26 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
87
Peak month
September
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Physalis peruviana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
228
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Physalis
Name with authority
Physalis peruviana L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q165227 · GBIF 5341784