Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes setosum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes setosum is a spiny deciduous shrub with erect or spreading stems; it can grow 30 - 200cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeNorth-western N. America - Manitoba, Ontario, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah

HabitatStream banks, rocky slopes; at elevations from 1,500 - 2,700 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Thickets and the shores of lakes[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ].