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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]].
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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.
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Outside its native range, ''Ribes'' species may be [[invasive species|invasive]]. For example, in [[Michigan]], planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited.
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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. L.B.C. 9:884. B.M. 6492.
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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.
 
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The shrub '''''Ribes lacustre''''' is known by the common names '''prickly currant''' and '''black gooseberry'''. It is widely distributed, from [[California]] to [[Alaska]] and across [[North America]] to [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]].
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The shrub grows erect to spreading, 0.5 to 2 m. Clusters of reddish to maroon flowers bloom in spring. The [[fruit]] consists of dark purple berries 6 to 8 mm long.
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Outside its native range, ''Ribes'' species may be [[invasive species|invasive]]. For example, in [[Michigan]], planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Revision as of 05:41, 22 December 2009


Ribes lacustre


Plant Characteristics
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The shrub Ribes lacustre is known by the common names prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, and black gooseberry.[1] It is widely distributed, from California to Alaska and across North America to Pennsylvania and 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. For example, in Michigan, planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited.


Read about Ribes lacustre in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.


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  1. ↑ Wildflowers found in Oregon - Black Swamp Gooseberry
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