Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes niveum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes niveum is a spiny, deciduous shrub with erect to sprawling stems that can root at their tips; it usually grows 50 - 150cm tall, occasionally to 300cm[ 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. , 1145 Title AgroAtlas Publication Author Website http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database of economic plants of Russia and the surrounding countries that formed the USSR, giving botanical descriptions, distribution, habitats and uses. It also gives comprehensive information on climate, soil, pests, diseases etc ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes cultivated as a fruit crop in European Russia[ 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. ], and is also grown as an ornamental..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado.

HabitatThickets along streams, open hillsides; at elevations from 400 - 2,400 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. ].