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Physalis acutifolia
Also called Sharpleaf groundcherry and Wright groundcherry, Wright's Ground Cherry, Sharp Leaf Ground Cherry, Wright's Groundcherry
Physalis acutifolia is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry, and Wright's Ground-cherry. It is native to the United States in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as Mexico.
It grows in many habitats, including disturbed areas. It is sometimes a weed in agricultural fields, but it is generally not weedy in wild habitat. This is an annual herb producing a branching stem up to a meter tall. The lance-shaped to oval leaves are up to 12 cm long and have edges lined with shallow, smooth teeth. The herbage is coated thinly in hairs appressed flat against the surface. The flowers growing from the leaf axils are round and flat-faced and sometimes over 2 cm wide. They are white to pale yellow with wide, bright yellow centers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Physalis acutifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
