Solanaceae Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
Virginia Groundcherry
Meskwaki - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 264
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Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
Scientific name: Physalis virginiana P. Mill.
USDA symbol: PHVIV3 (
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Common names: Virginia Groundcherry
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries, touched by frost, eaten raw.
RECRD: 1283 id: 26729