Native to the highlands of Columbia and Ecuador, but more widely cultivated for its psychoactive alkaloids. Photo from a garden in Tingo Maria, Peru.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html
A shoot of Physalis arenicola with young fruit. This species is native to the southeastern US, and this individual was collected in Florida. It is unusually hairy, though this species is quite variable in that respect.