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Ribes glandulosum - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Grossulariaceae

Habitat

Swamps and wet woods.

Associates

 Distribution

Newfoundland to AK and British Columbia, south to NJ, OH, MI, MN, and in mountains to TN and NC.

Morphology

Small, unarmed shrub. Leaves 5(7)-lobed to about the middle, serrate or doubly-serrate, glabrous or sparsely hairy on the veins below; flowers in erect or ascending, glandular-hairy racemes; ovary and fruit glandular-bristly; petals cuneate-obovate, 1-1.5 mm; style bifid to near the base; hypanthium saucer-shaped above the ovary; fruit dark red.

Notes

Flowers May to early June

Wetland indicator: FACW

Flowers are typically greenish-white to pale pink, however this particular specimen has deep coral pink petals. The fruits are said to have a skunk-like odor are also edible and tasty.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

Peterson, L. A. 1977. A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America.

Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, NY

USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

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