Grossulariaceae
Hairystem gooseberry
Ribes hirtellum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- كشمش خشن الملمس
- Chinese
- 美洲醋栗
- Czech
- Meruzalka chloupkatá
- English
- Hairystem gooseberry, American gooseberry, Hairy gooseberry, Hairy-stem gooseberry, Wedge-leaf gooseberry
Synonyms
- Grossularia hirtella (Michx.) Spach
- Grossularia saxosa (Hook.) Lunell
- Ribes hirtellum var. calcicola Fernald
- Ribes hirtellum var. hirtellum
- Ribes hirtellum var. inerme Smiley
- Ribes hirtellum var. saxosum Fernald
- Ribes oxyacanthoides var. calcicola Fernald
- Ribes oxyacanthoides var. hirtellum (Michx.) Scoggan
- Ribes oxyacanthoides var. saxosum (Hook.) Coville
- Ribes saxosum Hook.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ribes
- European gooseberryRibes uva-crispaGrossulariaceae
- Black currantRibes nigrumGrossulariaceae
- Cultivated currantRibes rubrumGrossulariaceae
- Alpine currantRibes alpinumGrossulariaceae
- Golden currantRibes aureumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes petraeumGrossulariaceae
- Red flowering currantRibes sanguineumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes spicatumGrossulariaceae
- American black currantRibes americanumGrossulariaceae
- Spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatumGrossulariaceae
- Red currantRibes tristeGrossulariaceae
- Fuchsiaflower gooseberryRibes speciosumGrossulariaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.