''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the
nightshade family
The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orna ...
which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. These are hairy plants growing low to the ground and covered in crinkly dull green leaves. The flowers are star-shaped to wheel-shaped and their dried remnants can be found around the fruits, which are spherical
berries
A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, rasp ...
filled with flat, kidney-shaped seeds.
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Chamaesaracha coniodes
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
'' — gray five eyes
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Chamaesaracha coronopus
''Chamaesaracha coronopus'' (formerly ''Solanum coronopus''), commonly called greenleaf five eyes, is a plant in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) found in dry open flat areas from southeastern California to Kansas and western Texas
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'' — greenleaf five eyes
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Chamaesaracha crenata
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
'' — toothed five eyes
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Chamaesaracha edwardsiana
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
'' — Edwards Plateau five eyes
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Chamaesaracha geohintonii
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
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Chamaesaracha pallida
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
'' — pale five eyes
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Chamaesaracha nana
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
'' — dwarf chamaesaracha
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Chamaesaracha sordida
''Chamaesaracha'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. Th ...
'' — hairy five eyes
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Chamaesaracha villosa'' — TransPecos five eyes
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Physaleae
Solanaceae genera
Flora of North America
Taxa named by Asa Gray
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