May 30, 2017
This is only somewhat weed-related... just an excuse to post some photos of fossil tomatillos, from the days when Africa and South America formed the single continent Gondwanaland. If you have lanceleaved groundcherry (Physalis lancifolia) or one of the other Physalis species, this is where it came from.
The article citation is
Wilf P, Carvalho MR, Gandolfo MA, and Cúneo NR (2017) Eocene lantern fruits from Gondwanan Patagonia and the early origins of Solanaceae. Science 355:71-75
