Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Physalis cinerascens
Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.
Smallflower Groundcherry
Solanaceae (Potato Family)
USDA Symbol: PHCI4USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Physalis cinerascens
Yellow Ground Cherry
Solonaceae
Location: N side Canyon Lake, 880 Military Dr., Canyon Lake Island.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Plentiful on dry, rocky soil; sun.
Description: Reclining plant 20 cm high, 20 cm wide. Yellow corolla is 12 x 18 mm wide, with central dark, star-shaped marks. Inflated calyx 25 mm long enclosed the fruit, a berry.
County: Comal
Collector: Mary Beth White
Collection Date: Oct 21, 1992
Specimen number: 105
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0308
Accession Date: Apr 30, 1993
Accession Number: 25
Annotations: SCFXC