Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ribes missouriense
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes missouriense
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes missouriense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Ribes missouriense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ribes missouriense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia missouriensis
COMMON NAME:
Missouri Gooseberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_grmi2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ribes missouriense
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes missouriense
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes missouriense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Ribes missouriense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ribes missouriense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia missouriensis
4919
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to mesic upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, old fields, fencerows, per Weakley's Flora
Native: northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with strong, stiff nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white sepals, white petals,
becoming pink-tinged
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 long-exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary or in corymbs of 2-4
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red to red-purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p119
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p297
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