Ribes cynosbati L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Grossulariaceae

• Scientific Name

  Ribes cynosbati L.

• Description

  Species Description - Internodes prickly or smooth; nodal spines (0)1–2(3), 5–15 mm; lvs 2–5 cm long and wide, truncate to cordate at base, pubescent, usually not glandular; peduncles 7–25 mm, with 1–3(4) fls on pedicels 5–16 mm, the frs thus held well away from the stems; bracts glandular-ciliate; hypanthium campanulate from a rounded base, 3–4.5 mm (above the ovary); sep broadly oblong, 2.5–4 mm, soon reflexed; pet obovate, subtruncate, 1–2.5 mm; stamens equaling the pet; style equaling the sep, mostly undivided; ovary with stalked glands that become stiff prickles on the greenish to pale red fr; 2n=16. Moist woods; Que. to n. Minn. and e. N.D., s. to n. Ga., sw. Ala., Ark., and e. Okla. May, June.

• Common Names

  dogberry