Cutleaf Groundcherry

(Physalis angulata)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect, branching annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged leaves, ovate, thin, lanceolate to widely ovate, margins coarsely irregular/indented/nearly entire

Reproduction: Inflorescence silitary in leaf or branch axils, dull yellowish; berry fruit, surrounded by inflated papery calyx

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}