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The shrub '''''Ribes lacustre''''' is known by the common names '''prickly currant''', '''swamp gooseberry''', and '''black gooseberry'''.<ref>[http://www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Wildflower/plant-Gooseberry-Black-Swamp.html Wildflowers found in Oregon - Black Swamp Gooseberry]</ref> It is widely distributed, from [[California]] to [[Alaska]] and across [[North America]] to [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. The shrub grows erect to spreading, 0.5–2 m. Clusters of reddish to maroon flowers bloom in spring. The [[fruit]] consists of dark purple berries 6–8 mm long. Outside its native range, ''Ribes'' species may be [[invasive species|invasive]]. For example, in [[Michigan]], planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited. {{Inc| Ribes lacustre, Poir. Swamp Black Currant, or Swamp Gooseberry. Shrub with slender weak sts., usually densely bristly; prickles slender, often clustered: lvs. nearly orbicular, cordate, deeply 3-7-lobed, with acutish, incisely dentate lobes, glabrous or nearly so, 1 1/3-2 in. across: racemes spreading or drooping, 10-15-fld.; fls. greenish or purplish; calyx-tube saucer-shaped; sepals spreading, broad and short; stamens very short: fr. subglobose, purple-black, with gland-tipped bristles. Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Mass., Mich., Minn., Colo., and Calif. }} ==Cultivation==  ===Propagation===  ===Pests and diseases===  ==Species==  ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> File:Ribes lacustre 10499.JPG| photo Image:Ribes lacustre 5258.JPG| photo 1 File:Ribes lacustre 10517.JPG| photo 2 File:Ribes lacustre 15362.JPG| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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