Ribes rotundifolium

Ribes rotundifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species: R. rotundifolium
Binomial name
Ribes rotundifolium
Michx. 1803
Synonyms[1]

Grossularia rotundifolia (Michx.) Coville & Britton

Ribes rotundifolium is a North American species of currant known by the common names wild gooseberry[2] and Appalachian gooseberry.[3] It is native to the eastern United States, primarily the Appalachian Mountains, from Massachusetts and the Adirondacks south as far as South Carolina and Tennessee.[4]

Ribes rotundifolium is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, with cream-colored, pinkish or pale green pink flowers and dark blue or dark purple berries. Berries are sweet, tasty pale purple berries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Ribes rotundifolium Michx.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America, Ribes rotundifolium Michaux, 1803. Wild gooseberry
  3. ↑ "Ribes rotundifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map

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