Physalis (tomatillo)

Physalis (tomatillo) A genus 80 to 100 species with solitary bell shaped flowers and small yellow to purple berry berries surrounded with a papery covering

Several tomatillo fruit. Notice the papery covering	Physalis hederaefolia
Photographs from left to right The American Horticulture Society: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening. 1982. The American Horitcultural Society, Mount Vernon, Virginia Slide collection for the California Floristics course offered through the section of Plant Biology at the University of California at Davis To return to the Solanceace cladogram

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A genus 80 to 100 species with solitary bell shaped flowers and small yellow to purple berry berries surrounded with a papery covering