Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ribes glandulosum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Skunk Currant from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes glandulosum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-001:
Ribes glandulosum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ribes glandulosum
COMMON NAME:
Skunk Currant, Mountain Currant
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rigl_001_lvd
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Dan Whitten sdw_mountain_currant
April Smythe County VA
Inflorescence a raceme of 4-15 flowers; pedicel jointed below the fruit, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_08
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leaves usually 5-7 lobed, deeply cleft, with doubly serrate margins, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ribes glandulosum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes glandulosum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-001:
Ribes glandulosum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ribes glandulosum
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Uncommon, but locally abundant
Look for it in periglacial boulderfields, high elevation seeps, spruce-fir forests, 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"?
No nodal spines; no internodal prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Inflorescence a raceme of 4-15 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p064
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p306
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p26
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p296