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Currant Family
3 species
Wild Black Currant
Order: Rosales
Family: Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Genus: Ribes
Species: Americanum
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
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Updated July 21 2011
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Perennial shrub - also known as American Black Currant -
sometimes known as the Gooseberry family - sometimes
placed in the Saxifrage family - native to eastern North
America
Prickly Gooseberry
Order: Rosales
Family: Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Genus: Ribes
Species: Cynosbati
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
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Updated March 2 2014
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Perennial shrub - also known as Dogberry - sometimes
known as the Gooseberry family - sometimes placed in the
Saxifrage family - native to eastern North America
Red Currant
Order: Rosales
Family: Grossulariaceae (Currant family)
Genus: Ribes
Species: Rubrum (also Sativum)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
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Updated March 24 2012
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Perennial shrub - also known as Garden or Cultivated
Currant - sometimes known as the Gooseberry family -
sometimes placed in the Saxifrage family - Ribes sativum
is sometimes called White Currant (albino cultivar of Red
Currant) - native to Europe
Wild Black Currant - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves 3 to 8 cm - height to 1.2 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - May 2011
Prickly Gooseberry - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves 2 to 7 cm - height to 1.5 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
Red Currant - flower approx. 8 mm - fruit approx. 8 mm - leaves to 10 cm - height to 1.5 m - High Park - May 2011