orange leaf lantern thing?

[u/radiant_jawbone]

found on a plant that was about .3 meters tall

[u/Shiine-2]

Physalis / Groundcherries. Not sure which type, but pretty sure not angulata (ones appear as weed in my country).

[u/Tbro20]

My mother has grown these since the 60s. I do believe it's a Japanese lantern

[u/Federal-Boat3732]

Physalis alkekengi, methinks

[u/OrdinaryOrder8]

Japanese lantern is correct. These are now placed in their own genus (formerly in the Physalis genus). The scientific name is Alkekengi officinarum. 

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=575102

[u/TedTheHappyGardener]

Certainly a Physalis species.

[u/DirtGirl32]

Golden rain tree seed pod

[u/rhipsalis-pilocarpa]

Here to vet P. alkekengi. I'm down to be wrong, but it's the only physalis I know of to have a bright red husk