Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes rotundifolium
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes rotundifolium
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes rotundifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ribes rotundifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-002:
Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Gooseberry, Appalachian Gooseberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_grro4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm080421_072
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves 1-5cm long and wide, serrate with rounded teeth, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm080421_076
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Small to medium, erect or spreading shrub 2-5' tall, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_703
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves roundish in general outline, palmately veined and lobed, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_710
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Berry smooth, glabrous, 8-12mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_712
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_715
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Internodes usually glabrous, nodal spines 3-8mm or absent. Petioles puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_r_rotundifolium_5418
May Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Green to reddish sepals, white to pinkish petals, and protruding stamens, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_18
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes rotundifolium
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes rotundifolium
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes rotundifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ribes rotundifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-002:
Ribes rotundifolium
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia rotundifolia
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Moist slopes, balds, boulderfields, rocky forests, seepage swamps, shrub balds, mostly at high elevations south of VA, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in NC Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines; internodal prickles absent
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Green to reddish sepals, white to pinkish petals
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 long-exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers usually solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p116
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p064
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p306
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p26
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p308
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p298
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