Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes cynosbati
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes cynosbati
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes cynosbati
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Ribes cynosbati
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-004:
Ribes cynosbati FAMILY Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia cynosbati
COMMON NAME:
Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_grcy_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_320
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Glandular hairs on ovary become stiff spines on mature fruit; stamens 1-2mm, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140418_323
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150425_837
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fruit hispid; peduncles 7-25mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm150425_838
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_160655
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm140519_927
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves 1-5cm long and wide, serrate with rounded teeth, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm160503_182
May Haywood-Jackson Counties NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes cynosbati
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes cynosbati
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes cynosbati
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Ribes cynosbati
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-004:
Ribes cynosbati
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia cynosbati
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Moist slopes, periglacial boulderfields, talus, grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA
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
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white sepals, white petals
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary or in corymbs of 2(-4)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish to pale red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p116
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p297
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