Ribes lacustre

Ribes lacustre subsp. var.	prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, black gooseberry
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The shrub Ribes lacustre is known by the common names prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, and black gooseberry. It is widely distributed, from California to Alaska and across North America to Pennsylvania and 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. For example, in Michigan, planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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