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|familia=Grossulariaceae
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|genus=Ribes
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|species=lacustre
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|common_name=prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, black gooseberry
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|habit=shrub
 
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|image_caption=Ribes lacustre
 
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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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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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| name = ''Ribes lacustre''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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==Species==
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
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| familia = [[Grossulariaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ribes]]''
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| species = '''''R. lacustre'''''
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| binomial = ''Ribes lacustre''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]) [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir.]]
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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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File:Ribes lacustre 10499.JPG| photo
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Image:Ribes lacustre 5258.JPG| photo 1
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File:Ribes lacustre 10517.JPG| photo 2
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File:Ribes lacustre 15362.JPG| photo 3
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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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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
    
==External links==
 
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RILA USDA Plants Profile]
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4450,4451,4473 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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