Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ribes curvatum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes curvatum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia curvata
COMMON NAME:
Granite Gooseberry
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April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Leaves 3-5 lobed, irregularly toothed, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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, 1938)
Grossularia curvata
3447
Shrub
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in rocky upland 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"?
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