Ribes rotundifolium
Ribes rotundifolium is a North American species of currant known by the common names wild gooseberry[2] and Appalachian gooseberry.[3] It is native to the eastern United States, primarily the Adirondacks, from Massachusetts and the Appalachian Mountains south as far as South Carolina and Tennessee.[4]
| Ribes rotundifolium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. rotundifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 1803 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Grossularia rotundifolia (Michx.) Coville & Britton | |
Ribes rotundifolium is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall, with cream-colored, pinkish or pale green pink flowers and dark blue or dark purple berries. Berries are sweet, tasty pale purple berries.[2]
References
- "Ribes rotundifolium". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Morin, Nancy R. (2009). "Ribes rotundifolium". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 8. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- "Ribes rotundifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- "Ribes rotundifolium". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
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