Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Yellow ), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Beach Ground-Cherry, Smallflower Ground-Cherry, Smallflower Ground Cherry, Yellow Ground Cherry (Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens), Solanaceae Family, native, perennial, blooms spring until the first frost

This perennial is found throughout most of the state growing natively in disturbed areas along roadsides, gravel pits, fields, cemeteries, etc. It grows from a sturdy deep rhizome and attains a height of about 20 inches and a width of 4 feet. The leaves are fuzzy especially when they are small. The 1/2" to 3/4" wide, yellowish-green flower has a burgundy center star and it grows face down. The fruit is a green to purplish berry.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/153077/index.html
I had to pull the bloom over so that it could be seen head-on ...