Ribes nigrum 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 nigrum L.

• Description

  Species Description - Erect, unarmed shrub; lvs 3–5-lobed to about the middle, dotted with resinous glands beneath; racemes drooping; pedicels 2–8 mm, much exceeding the minute, ovate bracts; hypanthium above the ovary short-campanulate; sep greenish-purple within; ovary commonly with sessile resinous glands; fr black; 2n=16. Native of Eurasia, occasionally escaped from cult.

• Common Names

  garden black currant