dry land cherry plants ( Physalis spp . ) are part of the Nightshade family and in some areas are see invasive plant species . Some ground cherry metal money produce edible fruits , while others have poisonous berries . Several land cherry tree plant species are found growing in Florida , some of which are even grown in home garden .
Cutleaf Ground Cherry
The cutleaf earth cherry ( Physalis angulata ) is an yearly herb with hairless , 1 ½- to 4 - inch long leaves that are oval to lance - shape and 1 to 2 1/3 column inch wide . This ground cherry red bloom in 1/5- to 1 ½-inch long , xanthous flowers give birth atop angled stalks . The cutleaf ground cherry produce fruits enclosed within 10 angled or ridicule anatomical structure that are ¾ to 1 1/3 inches long and ½ to 1 column inch wide . This background cherry usually develop in orbit , along roadsides , in pasture and in open timberland or interrupt sites throughout Florida .
Husk Tomato or Bladder Cherry
The husk tomato ( P. pruinosa ) , also call the ground cerise , strawberry tomato , Chinese lantern or bladder cherry , is a repeated fruit - produce plant see in many locations throughout Florida but rarely grown in abode gardens in the state . It is an erect , 2 - fundament tall plant that blooms in small white blossom in spring . The husk tomato produces prominent , thick clusters of eatable fruits in fall , which are 1 to 2 inches long , lantern - shaped , legato - skinned and ruddy - orange . The fruit are encased in tenuous , paper - corresponding husks and contain many midget seeds .
Clammy Ground Cherry
The clammy ground cherry ( P. heterophylla ) is one of the most common metal money in Florida and throughout the southeastern United States and is found arise in battlefield and undefended wood . This flat coat cerise grows up to 3 base grandiloquent with branching prow and alternately arranged , 4 - inch farseeing leaves that have toothed edges . The leaves are ellipse - shaped and covered in hairs . bloom in hanging greenish - yellow , ¾-inch wide-cut flowers in early summer , the clammy ground cherry also produces Charles Edward Berry case in papery shells . The Chuck Berry are jaundiced when ripe .
Smooth and Virginia Ground Cherry Plants
The liquid undercoat cherry tree ( P. subglabrata ) is extremely similar to the dank earth cherry , but its folio are minute , nearly hairless , and have few and less prominent teeth on the leaf edge . The Virginia ground cherry ’s ( P. virginiana ) independent distinguishing feature is that its folio are narrower and less toothed than the clammy land cerise , but they ’re still hairy .
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