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Photographer: David G. Smith
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Family Solanaceae
Physalis longifolia Nutt. var. subglabrata (Mack. & Bush) Cronquist
long-leaved ground-cherry, tall ground-cherry
Physalis: from the Greek physalis, "a bladder," because of the inflated calyx
longifolia: longus for "long, extended;" folius for "leaves"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | mostly erect perennial, 16"-32" tall forb, widely branched; upper part of the stems with stiff hairs; colony-forming rhizomes |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/2" long, shallow funnel shape; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | covered berry |
| Leaf: | 1 1/2"-4" long, mostly ovate and hairless or with a few hairs on the lower veins, long-stalked, often with wavy teeth |
| Habitat: | moist to dry; fields, open woods, prairies |
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