Physalis angulata is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae.

Its leaves are dark green and roughly oval, often with tooth shapes around the edge.

The flowers are five-sided and pale yellow; the yellow-orange fruits are borne inside a balloon-like calyx.

[8] Members of the Toba-Pilagá ethnic group of Gran Chaco traditionally eat the ripe fruits raw.

[9] Unripe raw fruits, flowers, leaves, and stems of the plant contain solanine and solanidine alkaloids that may cause poisoning if ingested by humans, cattle or horses.