Dwarf false groundcherry

Saracha nana A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 62. 1874; Chamaesaracha nana (A. Gray) A. Gray

Herbs perennial, spreading, mounds to 2.5 dm. Roots fleshy to subligneous. Stems strigose-hispidulous. Leaves: petiole 0.5–3.5 cm; blade ovate-lanceolate to rhombic, 1–7 × 2–4 cm, margins entire or slightly undulate, abaxial surface slightly pubescent. Pedicels 1–2 per node. Flowers: calyx 3–4 mm, densely pubescent, lobes acuminate or sharply acute; corolla cream-white to pale yellow, with yellow-green markings in throat, 2 cm diam. Berries ovoid, 8 mm diam. Fruiting calyces accrescent, not or rarely exceeding berries. 2n = 24.

Flowering May–Aug. Sandy flats, thickets, rocky meadows; 900–2600 m; Calif., Nev., Oreg.

Leucophysalis nana is found in the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada to the Cascade Mountains and Great Basin of Oregon.