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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Solanaceae
Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.
apple-of-Peru
Nicandra: after Nicander, poet of Colophon, Asia Minor, who wrote on the subject of plants around 100 BC
physalodes: presumably meaning "bladder-like"
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-50" tall, smooth forb |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 3/4" wide, bell-shaped, stalked, nodding; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | covered, dry berry |
| Leaf: | long stalked, ovate, roughly-toothed |
| Habitat: | roadsides, disturbed areas |
| (Glossary) |
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