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Physalis grisea
Also called Dwarf Cape Gooseberry, Hairy Ground Cherry, Grey Ground Cherry, Strawberry Groundcherry
Physalis grisea is a small annual ground-cherry in the nightshade family, grown for its sweet, strawberry-flavoured berries in their papery husks. It grows best in full sun with regular water and a long frost-free season.
Physalis grisea is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by common names including strawberry ground-cherry, downy ground-cherry, and strawberry-tomato in English. The name downy ground-cherry is due to the soft hairs that give the plant a gray cast. This downy gray coloration is the origin of the specific epithet grisea. Physalis grisea is native to northeastern North America.
Physalis grisea is cultivated for its berries, which are used in pies and preserves.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Physalis grisea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
