Physalis pumila Nutt.

Erect or spreading, rhizomatous perennial 2–5 dm; pubescence of the upper parts, including the petioles, pedicels, and lower lf-surfaces dense to less often sparse, rough to the touch, composed of loose or spreading, rather short hairs once or twice dichotomously forked; lvs lance-ovate to elliptic, 4–8 cm, entire or merely undulate, long-cuneate to the base and decurrent as a narrow wing along the petiole; pedicels at an thesis 1–2.5 cm, later sometimes to 3–5 cm; cal hirsute, its lobes triangular, notably longer than wide; cor 12–17 mm, usually only faintly or scarcely blotched within; filaments dilated; anthers 2.5–3.5 mm; fruiting cal ovoid, 2–3 cm, retuse at base; 2n=24. Prairies, and sometimes in disturbed habitats, as along railroads; Ill. and Mo. to Neb., Tex., and Ark. Summer.

Dry open slopes on plains and prairies.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.