Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa

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Description

Densely branched spiny shrub to 1.5 metres. Leaves rather small, deeply lobed. Flowers pale pinkish green often edged with purple in small clusters of 1 to 3. Berry large (10 to 20 mm) globose, greenish yellow or purplish red bristly and edible.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Waste ground and sundry other places.

When to see it

April and May.

Life History

Deciduous.

UK Status

Fairly frequent throughout Britain except in the north of Scotland.

VC55 Status

Surprisingly frequent away from gardens in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 114 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Granitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote
    18 April 2010
    Flowers
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Wood
    28 March 2017
  • stepgray4
    Wymeswold Woodland Edge
    30 March 2021
  • Graham Calow
    Highcross Road, Claybrook Magna
    20 April 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Leicester Road Quarry, Sapcote
    27 April 2008
    Flower and Thorns
  • David Nicholls
    Ketton Quarry
    13 June 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Ketton Quarry
    13 June 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Footpath to Granitethorpe
    16 April 2020
  • PhilipCrowfoot
    Woodgate
    29 August 2013
    Goosberry

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Species profile

Common names
Gooseberry
Species group:
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Saxifragales
Family:
Grossulariaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
20
First record:
23/04/2007 (Dave Wood)
Last record:
13/03/2022 (Gray, Stephen)

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  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Footpath to Granitethorpe
    16 April 2020
  • Annie Smith
    Old Ingarsby
    07 May 2018