Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wild Black Currant, American Black Currant
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_riam2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ribes_americanum1
June Mackinac County MI
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ribes_americanum1b
June Mackinac County MI
The whitish or yellowish flowers are longer than wide, borne in racemes, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ribes_americanum1c
June Mackinac County MI
Leaf blade 3-5 lobed, cleft nearly 1/2 to midrib. Surfaces w sessile glands, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
1245
Shrub
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in moist forests, marl marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
No nodal spines; no internodal prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1-7cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish or yellowish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in racemes of 4-many
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!