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Anybody know what this is please? It's growing in my greenhouse alongside the tomatoes. I think it's very pretty but I certainly didn't plant it and blame an exploring sparrow!

Dear Diane, i think it's a Physalis peruviana, or the common name is Cape Gooseberry.

I might be wrong though.

I don't think it is a cape gooseberry OH, the flower looks wrong; but I don't know what it actually is. I may be wrong too though.

Could it be a Campanula

I think it is a shoo fly plant. I googled it to check and found this: www.plantpress.com/plant-encyclopedia/p ... plant=5960 Looks about right

Grows outside and you can collect the seed.

I think Heyjude has it spot on.
It certainly isn't any of the edible Physalis (Cape gooseberry, Tomatillo) as these all have smaller, yellow flowers.
I had begun to think along the lines of Thornapple (Datura stramonium) but the leaves and flower colour are wrong.
All the above, as well as the Shoo Fly plant (Nicandra physaloides) are members of the same family as tomatoes (Solanaceae).

Look at Jude's link and this one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicandra

and you'll see the similarity with your plant.

Alan

Looks like Alan and Heyjude are right, of course i knew this all the time, but only thought it fair for others to get it right.

Glad it wasn't a Datura, after me saying it was an edible Cape Gooseberry.

Thank you all - I'll leave it where it is, seeing as it's supposed to thwart the whitefly. It's very pretty.

That sparrow must have flown a long way if the seeds originate in Peru No wonder if was having a rest in the greenhouse.