Thick-leaved Ground Cherry
Physalis crassifolia
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PERENNIAL HERB: Low growing, usu less than 20 cm tall. Begins blooming mid spring. Additional new growth may appear after summer monsoon rains.
LEAVES: Leaves are rather thick and rubbery, smooth-margined, and are heart-shaped or ovate.
FLOWERS: Rich yellow nightshade type flowers born in umbellate groups. Late spring to fall.
FRUIT: Many-seeded berries enclosed in a papery sheath.
RANGE: Fairly common along washes and in partial shade of cliffs.
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