Herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Physalis (Physalis) of the Solanaceae family. Physalis vulgaris is a herbaceous perennial plant that grows up to 40-60 cm tall, rarely higher, with leaves 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm wide.
The flowers are white, five-lobed, the corolla is 10-15 mm in diameter. The calyx after flowering grows, turns red (or turns orange), remains with a berry-like red fruit in the form of a swollen bladder.