I took this photo at a park in Paterson a few weeks ago and have tried to identify what variety of seed pods they are, but not come up with anything certain yet. Has anyone any idea what they are please?
Sorry I don't know this one Babs... looks a little like the Gooseberry's that I have shots of .. but don't think so .. Is that the leaf of the same plant..?
@lenanau@julzmaioro@maggiemae@sarahlth@happysnaps@fbailey@casablanca@pcoulson@hermann@sangwann@gilbertwood I am coming round to the cape gooseberry option. They were on the edge of a fence that was close to a farm and maybe they had been pulled up, so even though the leaves don't look quite right I think maybe they had curled because they were dying. That's my theory anyway. I will have to check it out next time I am in that area.
My first impression was "these are tomatillos" (the green tomatoes used in many Mexican sauces). I tried to compare the leaves on google - think your leaves are a little rounder, but because your plant looks really dry there is a small change that this is it. However when you wrote in a comment that there was no fruit inside I started to doubt, but again it might have to do with the dryness of this plant.
My first thought was that they were Chinese Lanterns- but those are usually orange and the shape is slightly different. My second thought was, "Why am I trying to identify these- I'm in the Northern Hemispherea and I'm certain they don't grow here!" haha They are intriguing though and the shot came out well.
@golftragic I think Merrelyn may have come up with the answer. They do look like cape gooseberry pods although there is no fruit inside them and Merrelyn suggested that they were pulled up before the fruit had chance to grow.
@ingrid01 @bkbinthecity @carolmw @beryl @busylady @happypat @helenhall @samae @olivetreeann @linnypinny @radiogirl Thanks, it will probably remain a bit of a mystery. I think Merrelyn could be right though and they are probably cape gooseberries and could have been pulled before the fruit had chance to grow. It looks as though the farmer had pulled up the plant as it encroached on his fence.