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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ribes lacustre''
| image = Ribes_lacustre_10507.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Grossulariaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ribes]]''
| species = '''''R. lacustre'''''
| binomial = ''Ribes lacustre''
| binomial_authority = ([[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]) [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir.]]
}}
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]].
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.
Outside its native range, ''Ribes'' species may be [[invasive species|invasive]]. For example, in [[Michigan]], planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited.
==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RILA USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4450,4451,4473 Jepson Manual Treatment]
[[Category:Saxifragales]]
[[Category:Flora of Idaho]]
{{Saxifragales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ribes lacustre''
| image = Ribes_lacustre_10507.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Grossulariaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ribes]]''
| species = '''''R. lacustre'''''
| binomial = ''Ribes lacustre''
| binomial_authority = ([[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]) [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir.]]
}}
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]].
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.
Outside its native range, ''Ribes'' species may be [[invasive species|invasive]]. For example, in [[Michigan]], planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited.
==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RILA USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4450,4451,4473 Jepson Manual Treatment]
[[Category:Saxifragales]]
[[Category:Flora of Idaho]]
{{Saxifragales-stub}}