Chamaesaracha
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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. 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
filled with flat, kidney-shaped seeds.
Selected species:
Solanaceae
Solanaceae are a family of flowering plants that include a number of important agricultural crops as well as many toxic plants. The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the further etymology of that word is unclear...
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
Berry
The botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. Grapes are an example. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. They may have one or more carpels with a thin covering and fleshy interiors....
filled with flat, kidney-shaped seeds.
Selected species:
- Chamaesaracha coniodes - gray five eyes
- Chamaesaracha coronopus - greenleaf five eyes
- Chamaesaracha crenata - toothed five eyes
- Chamaesaracha edwardsiana - Edwards Plateau five eyes
- Chamaesaracha geohintonii
- Chamaesaracha pallida - pale five eyes
- Chamaesaracha sordida - hairy five eyes
- Chamaesaracha villosa - TransPecos five eyes