European gooseberry
ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿకేశ ఉసిరి
Ribes uva-crispa L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 1.2 m
Grossulariaceae
Also called Gooseberry, Goose-berry
Formerly Grossularia uva-crispa, Oxyacanthus uva-crispa
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe, NW. Africa, NE. Türkiye to N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 99 cm to 1.5 mRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 99 cm to 1.5 mRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Dutch
- Kruisbes, kruisbes
- French
- Groseillier épineux, Groseillier à maquereau, groseillier épineux
- root
- RIBUVA
- Russian
- Крыжовник обыкновенный, Крыжовник отклонённый
- Italian
- Uva spina
- Portuguese
- Groselheira-espim, Groselha-espim
- Spanish
- Grosella espinosa europea
- Hawaiian
- Pohā, pa'ina
- Czech
- meruzalka srstka, srstka angrešt, srstka
- Danish
- Stikkelsbær
- German
- Stachelbeere
- Finnish
- Hillokarviainen, karviainen, hillokarviainen
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0
- 3D model: Ribes uva-crispa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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