Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Ribes americanum
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 (Newcomb, 1977).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes americanum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Ribes americanum
1245
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, other moist forests, marl marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
No nodal spines; no internodal prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
Petioles 1-7cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Cream to greenish-white sepals, whitish petals
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in racemes of 4-many
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p120
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p306
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p296
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