Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ribes uva-crispa
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Ribes uva-crispa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ribes grossularia
COMMON NAME:
Garden Gooseberry, European Gooseberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_grre2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ribes uva-crispa
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Ribes uva-crispa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ribes grossularia
4961
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Fencerows, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with strong, stiff nodal spines, often 3-parted on robust stems
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Green to pink sepals, white petals
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 long-exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary or in corymbs?racemes? of 2-3
FRUIT:
Greenish to yellow or red
Berry
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