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Ribes americanum

American blackcurrant

Other common names
Pennsylvania blackcurrant

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Botanical details
Family
Grossulariaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Ribes

Genus description

Ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes spiny, with simple, usually palmately lobed leaves and small tubular or bell-shaped, solitary or racemose flowers borne in spring or summer, followed by juicy, sometimes edible berries

Name status

Correct

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