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Physalis (probably - angulata )
genus Physalis includes many species in the nightshade family (Solanaceae); fruit is similar to a small tomato, but it is enclosed in a husk, like a tomatilla; papery covering over the fruit resembles a lantern, small downward-facing yellow flowers with 5 points & brown center blooming now in September; deeply toothed margins on leaves
popped up in urban school garden as weed
also called cut-leaf ground cherry; wild gooseberry; bladder berry; CHinese Lantern
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