Grossulariaceae
Snow currant
Ribes niveum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- كشمش ثلجي
- Czech
- Meruzalka sněžná
- English
- Snow currant
- Finnish
- Lumiherukka
- Polish
- Porzeczka biała
Synonyms
- Grossularia nivea (Lindl.) Spach
- Ribes gracile Michx.
- Ribes niveum f. pilosum H.St.John
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Fertig, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Fertig, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Ribes
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- 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.