| Chinese Lantern | |
| Ground Cherry | |
| Strawberry Ground Cherry | |
| Chinese Lantern Plant | |
| Winter Cherry |
| Plant Habit: | Fern |
| Life cycle: | Biennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 2 |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Late winter and early spring |
| Flowers: | Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Mauve |
| Flower Time: | Late fall or early winter |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Guardian plant Cut Flower Good as a cover crop |
| Edible Parts: | Leaves |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
| Toxicity: | Roots are poisonous Fruit is poisonous |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Will not come true from seed |
| Pollinators: | Cleistogamous |
| Conservation status: | Extinct (EX) |
| Posted by BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Aug 25, 2014 10:36 AM i thn t, [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by sandnsea2 (Cape Cod, MA, USA - Zone 7a) on Jul 1, 2017 8:17 AM rne pd fwtWufgya eteeesatblhaogoc!ftd iltouit [ Reply to this comment | |
