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Plant ID help

16 years ago

Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in an area seeded with native prairie grasses and flowers but I don't think it came from that seed. I do have some native plants that have grown in this area on their own. Trying to figure out if this is something native or invasive. These aren't the greatest photos - taken with my phone.

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lycopus
16 years ago
Flower looks a bit like a ground cherry (Physalis sp.) but I can't make out the leaves in the photo.
Iris GW
16 years ago
Since you're using photobucket (where size is not an issue), can you post the original size pictures so we can more details?
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3katz4me
Original Author
16 years ago
Well, for some reason I could not resize those photos so I uploaded again and now I have something bigger.

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lycopus
16 years ago
Definitely a ground cherry. Can even see the fruit with the papery husk on one of the plants in the first pic. Couldn't say which species though.
3katz4me
Original Author
16 years ago
Okay - that was enough of a lead that I think I found it. Clammy groundcherry - physallis heterophylla. The photo in this link looks pretty much like it don't you think?

Here is a link that might be useful: Clammy Groundcherry

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