Please help ID bushy plant w/lanterns

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hidi Algonquin, IL(Zone 5a) Aug 18, 2024

This plant has returned voluntarily 2 seasons.
It has a few small yellow flowers and many green lanterns… maybe Gooseberry, maybe Chinese or Japanese Lantern?
The leaves are different on each of those plants.

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MaypopLaurel Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 18, 2024

One or the other but you'll need ripe fruit color for positive id. Tomatillos also look similar but require a minimum of two for cross pollination and a long(er) growing season. Mine are just beginning to set.

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DaylilySLP Dearborn Heights, MI(Zone 6a) Feb 01, 2025

Most likely: Physalis angulata
Cutleaf Groundcherry
In Michigan and these come up every year. It's a weed. The flowers and lanterns are pretty, though.

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) May 08, 2025

Maybe Physalis peruviana.

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