Chinese Lantern Plant, Strawberry Ground Cherry 'Gigantea'

This is a garden thug here in Boston MA Z6a. It spreads aggressively by a deep rhizome I've never been able to dig out. It can also self-...Read Moresow. It's always popping up where I least want it, generally in the middle of a perennial I care about.

The leaves are always tattered and full of holes---something is always eating it, though I don't know if it's an insect or slug.

This isn't considered an invasive threat to natural habitat anywhere I know of, but it's not what I'd consider an attractive or neighborly garden plant.

It can be eradicated by repeated treatment with 2% glyphosate.

We have something growing here which looks like a Chinese Lantern and is called hog tomato. It grows in a husk and turns red or orange w...Read Morehen ripe. It is probably in the same family. It looks like a small tomatillo. It comes up in our garden in the summer and is considered a weed. It is probably in the same family. Luciee

Gday Folks, My name is Cooch & I live in Queensland in Australia. My queries about Physalis alkekengi are it's native origins, it's habit...Read Moreat, it's flowering, seeding & fruit descriptions, it's method of dispersal, it's preferred environment, it's management & control measures & any other info.
I'm currently studying Conservation & Land Management on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia. Any & all comments will be welcomed & highly appreciated.
Thanx & cheers,
Cooch.