Error message
Unable to fetch location details at this time.
Cut-leaf Ground Cherry or Lantern Weed
Physalis (probably - angulata )
35.088, -81.0007
Field Notes
Description:
genus Physalis includes many species in the nightshade family (Solanaceae); fruit is similar to a small tomato, but it is enclosed in a husk, like a tomatilla; papery covering over the fruit resembles a lantern,
small downward-facing yellow flowers with 5 points & brown center blooming now in September; deeply toothed margins on leaves
Habitat:
popped up in urban school garden as weed
Notes:
also called cut-leaf ground cherry; wild gooseberry; bladder berry; CHinese Lantern
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment
Sign in to comment