OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ribes hirtellum   FAMILY Grossulariaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes hirtellum   FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ribes hirtellum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Ribes hirtellum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Northern Gooseberry

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image of Ribes hirtellum, Northern Gooseberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_grhi3_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ribes hirtellum   FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes hirtellum   FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Ribes hirtellum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
 Ribes hirtellum

 

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4320

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Nodal spines absent or present; internodal prickles absent (or sometimes present)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white sepals, white petals, with a purple tinge
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 long-exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary or in corymbs of 2-3

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish or purple
Berry

 

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