Pronunciation: FIS-a-lis lo-BAY-ta
Common name: Lobed ground-cherry
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade)
Habitat: Granitic soils, dry lake margins to 2500',
southeastern Mojave and northeastern Colorado
Deserts, RARE in California
Blooming period: Spring
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Physalis
(2) lobata