Physalis virginiana Mill.
other common names: Virginia ground cherry, old squaw berry, tomatos del campo, husk tomatoes, eastern ground cherry
Physalis: from Greek, meaning “bladder,” referring to the bladderlike husk of the fruit
Virginiana: meaning “of Virginia”
Nightshade family: Solanaceae
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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