Wildflowers of Ainsworth: Clammy Ground Cherry

The first time I identified a Ground Cherry, I wasn't sure whether it was the Smooth or Clammy variety. This year I have both varieties growing within a few feet of each other, making it embarrassingly obvious that my earlier specimen was Smooth.

So here's Clammy Ground Cherry.


(Click on images to enlarge)

Its leaves are coarsely toothed and slightly downy.



Downy stems! Downy calyxes! (Or calyces. Whatever.)




Here's the Smooth Ground Cherry growing next door.



Thinks it's so smooth, with those barely toothed leaves.