Ribes nigrum |
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cultivated black currant, European black currant, gadellier noir, garden black currant |
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Habit | Plants 1–2 m. Stems erect, glandular and puberulent or nearly glabrous; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent. |
Leaves | petiole 1–4 cm, pubescent, sometimes with longer setose hairs basally; blade reniform, 3–5-lobed, cleft nearly to midrib, 5–10 cm, base cordate, surfaces with shiny, resinous glands, lobes broadly ovate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute. |
Inflorescences | pendent, 4–10-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis pubescent, flowers evenly spaced. |
Pedicels | jointed, 2–10 mm, glabrous or finely pubescent to lanate; bracts ovate, 0.5–2 mm, pubescent. |
Flowers | hypanthium green, cup-shaped or short-campanulate, 3–4 mm, densely pubescent or tomentose; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, greenish or pinkish abaxially, suffused with purple adaxially, oblong, 5–7 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, white to reddish, bluntly deltate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.5–3 mm; nectary disc prominent, green or purplish, circular, covering ovary; stamens slightly longer than petals; filaments linear, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous with some glands; anthers white, sagittate, 1 mm, apex blunt; ovary pubescent, sessile-glandular; styles connate nearly to stigmas, 3 mm, very finely hairy. |
Berries | sweet-tasting, black, globose, 12–15 mm, glabrous with some sessile glands. |
Ribes nigrum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Wet meadows, disturbed streamsides, anthropogenic habitats |
Elevation | 100-300 m (300-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; IL; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NH; NJ; NY; OH; VT; WI; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Ribes nigrum is the source of the cultivated black currant. It has a strong, unpleasant odor. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 18. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 201. 1753 , |
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