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Ribes missouriense, the Missouri gooseberry, Missouri currant or wild gooseberry, is a prickly, many-stemmed shrub native to the north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys). Scattered populations have been found further east, most of them likely escapes cultivation.
Ribes californicum is a mostly erect shrub growing to a maximum height around 1.4 metres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to 1.5 centimetres (5 ⁄ 8 in) in length.
Phyllanthus emblica, the Indian gooseberry or emblic; Jamaican gooseberry tree, an herb-like plant; The "Star gooseberry", meaning either: Phyllanthus acidus, the "Otaheite gooseberry", the only Phyllanthoideae with edible fruit, or; Sauropus androgynus, a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable; Within family Solanaceae:
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.
Ribes lasianthum is a species of currant known by the common names alpine gooseberry [5] and woolly-flowered gooseberry. It is native to California, where it can be found in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, its distribution extending just into Nevada. [6] [7] Ribes lasianthum grows in high mountain habitat, often in open areas.
Ribes lobbii is a deciduous, loosely branched shrub, about 0.5–1.5 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –5 feet) in height. [2] Its stems are spreading, finely hairy, generally having three slender nodal spines, 7–12 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 – 1 ⁄ 2 inch) long.
In general, this plant is a shrub growing 0.5 to 2 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in height. [3] The ssp. hendersonii is sometimes smaller at maturity. The branches are covered in prickles and there are spines up to 1.3 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 2 in) long at stem nodes. [ 4 ]
Ribes americanum is a North American species of flowering plant in the gooseberry family known as wild black currant, [1] [3] [4] [5] American black currant, [6] and eastern black currant. [7] It is widespread in much of Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia ) and the northern United States (from New England to Washington , with additional ...