Ribes uva-crispa L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Grossulariaceae

• Scientific Name

  Ribes uva-crispa L.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems with stout nodal spines, often also bristly; lvs to 6 cm wide; hypanthium broadly campanulate above the ovary, 3 mm long and wide, pubescent; sep pubescent, spreading or reflexed, round-obovate, 3.5–4 mm, longer than the hypanthium; pet 2–2.5 mm long and wide; stamens and style nearly or quite equaling the sep; fr pubescent and usually also with some gland-tipped bristles; 2n=16. Native of the Old World, occasionally escaped from cult. in our range. (R. grossularia; Grossularia reclinata)

• Common Names

  garden-gooseberry