Gooseberry Family:-

Gooseberry Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Gentian to Goosefoot Wild Flower Families Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Black Currant

(Cassis in France, Schwarz-Johannisbeere in Germany, Groselheira-negra in Portugal, Casis in Spain, svarta vinbär in Sweden, viinimarja, musta-
mustaviinimarja
mustaherukka
herukka, musta- in Finland, Porzeczka czarna in Poland)

Ribes nigrum

April-May

A shrub of damp woods, hedgerows and shaded streamsides, often near habitation. 0-390 m (Ingleborough, Mid-W. Yorks.).

Gooseberry

(Groseillier des hales in France, Stachelbeere in Germany, Uva spina in Italy, krusbär in Sweden, karviainen in Finland, Agrest in Poland)

Ribes uva-crispa

March-May

A spiny, much-branched shrub, found as a garden escape and throw-out in deciduous woodland, hedges and scrub. It also occurs as a relic of cultivation. It is readily dispersed by birds. 0-380 m at Ingleborough (Mid-W. Yorks.).

Flower

Flower from Westmoreland on 28 May

Foliage and Fruit from Moss Carr in June

Form from Moss Carr in Peak District in June

Mountain Currant

(Alpine Currant in UK, Groseiller des Alpes, Groseillier des alpes in France, Alpen Johannisbeere in Germany, Ribes in Italy, måbär in Sweden, taikinamarja in Finland, Porzeczka alpejska in Poland)

Ribes alpinum

April-June

A dioecious shrub of limestone woods, rocky hedgerows and streamsides, often trailing over small cliffs and steep rocks in shaded places. It is also grown in gardens, and is found naturalised on roadsides, waste land and as a relic of cultivation. Generally lowland, reaching 365 m at Wormhill (Derbys.).

Red Currant

(Groseillier commun in France, Rote Johannisbeere in Germany, Ribes rosso in Italy, trädgårdsvinbär, 
trädgårdssvinbär in Sweden, punaherukka
herukka, puna- in Finland, Porzeczka czerwona in Poland)

Ribes rubrum

(Ribes vulgare
Ribes sylvestre
Ribes sativum, Ribes spicatum)

April-May

A shrub of woods, hedges and fen-carr. Generally lowland, but reaching 455 m in Teesdale (N.W. Yorks.).

Flower from Grasswood in Yorkshire on 1 June

Flowers from Grasswood in Yorkshire on 1 June

Foliage

Form