Grossulariaceae FAMILY
Ribes missouriense
Ribes missouriense
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ribes missouriense is a spiny, deciduous shrub with erect to sprawling stems; it can grow 130 - 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. It is sometimes cultivated as a fruit crop.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeCentral N. America - North Dakota to Quebec, south to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Virginia
HabitatUpland woods, thickets, prairie ravines, pastures; at elevations up to 600 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. ]. Dry to moist open woods, thickets and fence rows[ 228 Title Flora of the Great Plains. Publication Author McGregor. R. L. & Barkley. T. M. Publisher University Press of Kansas. Year 1986 ISBN 070060295x Description A useful source of habitats. ].