Ribes niveum
snow currant
Family GrossulariaceaeAlso called snowy gooseberry, white-flowered gooseberry
About
Ribes niveum, the snowy gooseberry, is a spiny shrub of the western United States with white or pale pink flowers and sour but palatable dark blue berries.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- Up to 3 m (10 ft) tall.
Field notes
Morphology
A shrub up to 3 m tall with 1–3 spines at each node. Leaves 2.5–5 cm wide have 3–5 toothed lobes. Flowers are white or pale pink; berries are dark blue or purple.
Distribution & habitat
Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Nevada, with isolated populations in Colorado and New Mexico, on open hillsides and streamside thickets.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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