Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Green bell shaped
• Leaves: palmately lobed, ¾-2 inches long, heart shaped base, 3-5 notched lobes, hairy
• Bark: new twigs are green and have short hairs and prickles, second year twigs are gray-brown and thin sometimes splitting to reveal reddish stems, older lower stems are brown/gray with persistent prickles and spines
• Fruit/Seed: round, prickly berry, 1/3-2/3 inch diameter, green-purple/red
• Height: 2-4 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: hardwood or mixed forest, thickets, outcrops, floodplains, swamps

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Nadiatalent, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Prickly_gooseberry_3.jpg
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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