357] FLORA OF BOULDER, COLORADO 209 



New York to Manitoba and Montana ; Florida to Texas 

 and Colorado. 



904. P. heterophylla Nees. Clammy ground cherry. 

 At Boulder and Longmont (Rydberg). 



New Brunswick to Saskatchewan; Florida to Texas 

 and Utah. 



905. P. comata Rydb. Hairy western ground cherry. 

 Plains and mesas, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 403). 

 Nebraska and Colorado to Texas. 



906. P. rotundata Rydb. Round-leaved ground cherry. 

 Plains about Boulder, chiefly in loose sands, 5100-5700 ft. 



(Daniels, 487). 

 North Dakota to Colorado ; Texas to New Mexico. 



.388. aTTINCTJLA Raf. Purple ground cherry. 



907. Q. lobata (Torr.) Raf. [Physalis lobata Torr.]. Lobed 

 purple ground cherry. 



At Boulder and Longmont (Rydberg). A few miles north 

 of Boulder, abundant on the Pierre (Cretaceous) shales. May 

 1906 (Cockerell). 



Kansas to Colorado ; Texas to California and Mexico. 



389. ANDROCERA Nutt. Bur nightshade. 



908. A. rostrata (Dunal) Rydb. [Solanum rostratum Dunal; 

 A. lobata Nutt.]. Common bur nightshade. 



Common in waste places, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 384). The 

 original host of the Colorado beetle or potato-bug. 



North Dakota to Wyoming; Texas to New Mexico and 

 Mexico ; as an introduced weed throughout the eastern United 

 States. 



390. SOLANTJM L. Nightshade. 



909. S. triflorum Nutt. Three-flowered nightshade. 

 Common in yards, waste places, and loose soils on the plains, 



5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 282). 



Ontario to Alberta; Kansas to Arizona. 



