Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White/green bell shaped
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 3-5 lobes, 1-2 ½ inches long, coarsely toothed edges, prominent veins
• Bark: Gray – red/brown, shedding, scattered prickles
• Fruit/Seed: smooth, round berry, ¼-1/3 inch diameter, green-purple
• Height: 20-40 inches
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: sedge meadows, fens, swamps, forest edges, thickets along shores

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Nadiatalent, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribes_hirtellum,_young_fruit.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)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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