Wright's Groundcherry

Wright's Groundcherry, Cutleaf Groundcherry

Physalis angulata L.

Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)

▲ seedling

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ mature plant

▲ flower

▲ ▼ fruit

Groundcherry:

three most common species are creeping perennial weeds in pastures, gardens, cultivated fields, waste areas; one species is summer annual
much branched stems, yellow-white flowers and small berry fruit enclosed in papery "chinese lantern" structure; plants not spiny
- Wright’s Groundcherry, Cutleaf Groundcherry:
  - is a summer annual plant, with mostly smooth leaves with toothed margins
  - Grows 12-24" tall in sort of small tree shape
  - Can reseed abundantly
  - Stems may be green or purplish
  - Leaves are triangular with pointed lobes
  - Flowers are almost entirely yellow--no obvious alternate center color as in smooth groundcherry and Virginia groundcherry
  - Fruit globe-shaped, often with purplish veins