| Scientific Name: | Physalis philadelphica |
| Common Name: | tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato |
| Family Name: | Solanaceae |
| Origin: | Central America, Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Perennial border, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Green-yellow, Dark-red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, (Accessory tissue), Yellow, Green, Purple, Red, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate, most blades 7-10cm long x 5-8cm wide, coarsely toothed, pubescent; flowers white, petal fused, fuzzy, about 3cm wide; berry surrounded by a persistent green to purplish paper-like calyx. | |