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|familia=Grossulariaceae
|genus=Ribes
|species=lacustre
|common_name=prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, black gooseberry
|habit=shrub
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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.
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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.
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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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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