Appalachian Gooseberry
Ribes rotundifolium
Appalachian gooseberry is an eastern woodland gooseberry with small greenish flowers and smooth purple, edible berries relished by birds. A modest but useful understory shrub for moist shade.
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~99 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- CT, DC, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV
Related native plants
More Ribes species
- Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
- Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
- Wax Currant (Ribes cereum)
- Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum)
- Chaparral Currant (Ribes malvaceum)
- Pasture Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)