NameThatPlant.net: Ribes echinellum

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes echinellum FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-003:

Ribes echinellum FAMILY Saxifragaceae

COMMON NAME:
Miccosukee Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry, Florida Gooseberry

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes echinellum FAMILY Grossulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-02-003:
Ribes echinellum FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina

Rare, known only from McCormick Co, SC, and Jefferson Co, FL

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
Cream sepals, white petals
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 long-exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers usually solitary, occasionally 2

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry

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