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Ribes rotundifolium Michx.
Appalachian gooseberry

       
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Line Drawing of Ribes rotundifolium Michx.
Grossularia rotundifolia

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 241. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

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Synonyms:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

  GRRO4 Grossularia rotundifolia (Michx.) Coville & Britton
  RIST Ribes stamineum Hornem.
  RITR3 Ribes triflorum Willd.
 

Distribution:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CT, DC, KS, KY, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

View 3 genera in Grossulariaceae, 65 species in Ribes
 

Classification:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Grossulariaceae – Currant family
Genus Ribes L. – currant
Species Ribes rotundifolium Michx. – Appalachian gooseberry
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
wild currant              Special Concern
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

The related entity italicized and indented above is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Michigan:
Ribes
currant, gooseberry              Plant pest1
 
1 planting of currants and gooseberries in certain parts of the State of Michigan is prohibited
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

Ribes
currant, gooseberry

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Ribes rotundifolium Michx.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24497.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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