Chinese Lantern (Quincula lobata)

   

Quincula lobata, flowers and foliage, Big Bend, Texas. Photograph by Gertrud D. Konings.

• Common Names: Chinese Lantern, Purple Groundcherry
• Scientific Name: Quincula lobata (QUIN-cue-luh lo-BAY-tuh)
• Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)
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• Physalis lobata is a synonym.

Last Update: 10 June 2000.