Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bristly Black Currant, Spiny Swamp Currant
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rila_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
4319
Shrub
Perennial
Native north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in forests, acid swamps, 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"?
Armed with slender nodal spines and numerous internodal prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale yellowish-green to dull reddish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in racemes of 4-many
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black or dark purple
Berry
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