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Photographer: Dan Tenaglia
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Family Solanaceae
Physalis heterophylla Nees var. heterophylla
clammy ground-cherry
Physalis: from the Greek physalis, "a bladder," because of the inflated calyx
heterophylla: Greek hetero for "varied" and phylla for "leaves"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-36" tall forb; upper part of the stems with dense, soft hairs; colony-forming rhizomes |
| Flower: | yellow with dark spots in the center, 5-parted, 1/2"-3/4" wide, shallow funnel-shaped, stalked; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | green berry, the covering much larger than the berry, the tip mostly closed, base notched, and hairy all over |
| Leaf: | stalked, mostly broadly-ovate with a sharp point and rounded to heart-shaped base, usually 1 1/4"- 3" long, entire or with irregular wavy teeth, hairy on both sides |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, prairies; in sandy soil |
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