Ontario Weeds: Smooth ground-cherry
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Name: Smooth ground-cherry, Physalis
virginiana Mill. Var. subglabrata (MacKenz. & Bush) U.T.
Waterfall,
Other Names: coqueret glabre, Physalis
subglabrata MacKenz. & Bush
Family: Nightshade or Potato Family (Solanaceae)
General Description: Perennial, reproducing
by seed and by deeply penetrating and widely spreading roots.
Habitat: Smooth ground-cherry occurs in similar situations to those occupied by Clammy ground-cherry, especially in southwestern Ontario.
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