Prickly Gooseberry or Dogberry
Prickly Gooseberry or Dogberry
Ribes cynosbati
Saxifrage Family - Saxifragaceae
Pendant, tubular, small, whitish-green flowers singly or in groups of two or three arising from a leaf axil. Base of flowers, as well as fruit, have prickles or bristles. 
(Photographed - May)
Leaves alternate or clustered with variable number of lobes (3 to 7) and toothed. Branches have only scattered prickles.
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