Photo collection - Spiky gooseberries

in #nature7 years ago

Not something you'd want to ingest whole, that's for sure.

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However if you give it time to ripen and chew thoroughly, they are said to be tasty. This specimen is Ribes cynosbati or Dogberry. A wild relative to the gooseberry, you can find this in the forests of eastern woodlands.