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
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
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
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers usually solitary, or 2-3
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
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