Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes lacustre
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ribes lacustre
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes lacustre
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes lacustre
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ribes lacustre
4319
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: forests, acid swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
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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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