Ribes nigrum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 383

5. R. nigrum L. , Sp. Pl. 201 (1753) .

1-2 m. Leaves up to 10 cm wide, glabrous above, slightly pubescent and with numerous sessile, aromatic glands beneath. Racemes drooping. Flowers campanulate, reddish- or brownish-green; sepals oblong, recurved, pubescent; petals smaller, erect, whitish. Fruit up to 12 mm in diameter, black, sweetish and aromatic. 2/2=16. Most o f Europe, except the Mediterranean region; native certainly in C. & E. Europe; cultivated and widely naturalized in the west, where its native limits are hard to ascertain. *Au *Be *Br Bu *Cz *Da Fe G a Ge *Ho *Hu It Ju *No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su [Co H b He].