Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes divaricatum

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes divaricatum is an erect to spreading, prickly deciduous shrub that can grow 100 - 300cm 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, medicine and source of materials. It is cultivated for its sweet and juicy fruits in N. America and is also used as a sheltering hedge and a rootstock for currants and gooseberries in Germany[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Colombia, Washington, Oregon.

HabitatStream-sides, woods, open forests, edges of meadows, thickets, roadsides, fencerows; 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. ]. Open woods, prairies and moist hillsides[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].