Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ribes rubrum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Garden Red Currant at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes rubrum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes rubrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Ribes rubrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ribes rubrum
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ribes sativum
COMMON NAME:
Garden Red Currant, cultivated currant
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rivu_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ribes rubrum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes rubrum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes rubrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Ribes rubrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ribes rubrum
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ribes sativum
4962
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Persistent from cultivation and escaped to adjacent fence-rows and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
No nodal spines; no internodal prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Green or greenish brown sepals, cream to pinkish petals
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in racemes of 4-many
FRUIT:
Summer
Bright red
Berry
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