Found in blossom in May, on the edge of thickets.
A bush, from 4 to 5 feet high, with a branching, woody stem, covered with a gray bark.
The leaf is lobed after the manner of the currant leaf, with a heart-shaped base, and toothed margin; the veins are numerous, the surface smooth, and the color a fall green. The leaves, on inch-long foot-stems, which widen at the base, and are fringed along the edges with light, weak hairs, grow in small alternate clusters on the branches.
The bell-shaped flower is 5-parted at the top, the divisions rounded and recurved; the small petals are set within the large calyx-bell, alternating with 5 tiny stamens; the color is a pale greenish-yellow. Each flower bell hangs on a short stem, with a narrow leaflet at its foot; from six to ten, or more, bells droop in a cluster, from the angles of the leaves.
The small fruit is black.
WILD CURRANT: Ribes floridum.
| Grass of Parnassus. | Parnassia Caroliniana. |
Found in moist ground from July to September.
The flower-stems rise from a cluster of leaves to the height of 6 or 12 inches usually.