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Clammy Ground-cherry

Physalis heterophylla

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Description:

I'm not sure how to best describe these... but they look to be some kind of fruit inside a hallow decorative leaf-like or cage-like shell. The plants were only about a foot and a half to two feet in height and the bulbs were about a inch or so in diameter.

Similar to a marble inside a golf ball.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
PucaK
This is the fruit of a ground-cherry (Physalis sp.) http://www.michwildflowers.com/solanaceae/clammygroundcherryFS.html (Not necessarily this species - the USDA plant database lists about 10 species that are known to occur in Michigan)

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Fruiting Bodies of the World
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Plants of Michigan

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PublishedSeptember 25, 2015

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