3447

Shrub
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it in rocky upland forests, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green?
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

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
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p297

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ribes curvatum   FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes curvatum   FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Grossularia curvata