Biology:Ribes rotundifolium
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Ribes rotundifolium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. rotundifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 1803
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Grossularia rotundifolia (Michx.) Coville & Britton | |
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 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, http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?projectid=&name=Ribes+rotundifolium
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morin, Nancy R. (2009), "Ribes rotundifolium", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 8, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065866
- ↑ "Ribes rotundifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RIRO2. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ribes rotundifolium", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ribes%20rotundifolium.png
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17777409 entry
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