Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes curvatum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes curvatum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes curvatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Ribes curvatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia curvata
COMMON NAME:
Granite Gooseberry
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April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Leaves 3-5 lobed, irregularly toothed, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ribes curvatum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ribes curvatum
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ribes curvatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Ribes curvatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Grossularia curvata
3447
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Rocky upland and riparian forests and woodlands, bluffs, glade margins; in TX in blackland prairie margins, moist forests over limestone, dry sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 long-exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary or in corymbs?racemes? of 2-4
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish to reddish-purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p209
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p119
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p064
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p297
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