ground cherry
Physalis latin

Without oil, the best she could do for a dressing was to chop a few ground cherries on top.

In the Southeast, it grows wild and is called a ground cherry.

The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

Harvest will be easier if you use a fabric mulch; ground cherries should live up (or down) to their name.

Wheatberries take the place of rice, and ground cherries or gooseberries, she said, "can kind of pass for raisins."

Lenny's signature "Hot Pepper Relish" consists of ground cherry peppers in a vinegar base.

And my latest adventure is Aunt Molly's ground cherry, Physalis pruinosa.

(ground cherry).

But while sources agree that tomatillos are P. ixocarpa, ground cherries are best described as P. assorted.

"From what Gary told me, the contaminated package in the U.S. contained some sort of powdered spice made from ground cherry pits.

A. Ground cherries (cerises de terre) resemble tomatillos because both belong to the genus Physalis.

Physalis heterophylla, colloquial name "Clammy Ground Cherry", is a herbaceous plant that is a member of the Solanaceae family.

Physalis longifolia (common names: Common Groundcherry, Long-leaved Groundcherry) is a species of ground cherry.

Underwood also has ground cherries (Physalis pruinosa), which look like tomatillos, with their little papery husks, but these little golden fruits taste more like pineapples than tomatoes.

It is also called "ground cherry" and "European ground cherry," but is not to be confused with plants in the distinct "Groundcherry" genus of Physalis.

On the other hand, one heirloom I wanted to love, Aunt Molly's ground cherry, Physalis pruinosa, from Seed Savers Exchange (www.seedsavers.org), had such pea-sized fruits and tough skins that they weren't worth picking.

The farm is known for its heirloom vegetables including the Green Mountain potato, Ozette Potato, Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter tomato, and Aunt Molly's Husk tomato (aka Ground Cherry).

He tried fruits like the Cape Gooseberry, a piquant-tasting ground cherry, and Luther Hill corn, which grows sweet, four-inch-long ears with an intense taste, the most popular in western New Jersey at the turn of the century but now nearly extinct.

Domesticated crops such as maize, amaranth, beans, squash and cotton were grown in terraced fields, and vital water was dammed and flowed to edible wild plants such as beeweed, cattail, sedges, ground cherry, milkweed, and wolf berry.

It also feeds on other solanaceous plants, such as species of ground cherry or husk tomato, Physalis spp., and bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara, but no growth and reproduction occurs when feeding on the potato, Solanum tuberosum.

These names can also refer to other species in the Physalis genus.

Each member of the Physalis genus has at least one characteristic that makes it easy to differentiate in the field.

The Physalis is native to temperate, warm and subtropical regions throughout the world.

This plant is sometimes included in genus Physalis.

Grab some physalis (Cape gooseberries) to top the custard and cream.

Physalis fruit are significant as an export product e.g. for Colombia.

Physalis fruit have around 53 kcal for 100 grams, and are rich in cryptoxanthin.

A recently discovered species, named Physalis queretaroensis, is a rare plant restricted to the municipality.

Dry as Physalis.

Many Physalis species are called groundcherries.

The larvae feed exclusively on fruits of Physalis species, which are enclosed in an inflated, lantern-shaped calyx.

Most - but not all - physalis species produce edible fruits, with a basic flavor recalling a tomato/pineapple-like blend.

For example, the hardy Physalis alkekengi is popular for its large, bright orange to red husks.

Like a number of other species in the genus Physalis, it contains a wide variety of physalins.

And my latest adventure is Aunt Molly's ground cherry, Physalis pruinosa.

It contains labdane diterpenes, and was the first species in Physalis in which they were found.

It also feeds on fruits of Physalis peruviana and Datura species.

Belonging to the Solanaceae family of perennial herbs, Physalis minima, is known by several names.

The Chinese Lantern Physalis alkekengi is a perennial on invasive underground runners.

The best known species is the dangerous Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis).

Unlike P. physalis, no fatalities have been recorded for P. utriculus stings.

In Chinese medicine, the Physalis is used as a remedy for abscesses, coughs, fevers and sore throats, among others.

Physalis alkekengi (I)

Physalis grisea (N)

Physalis heterophylla var.