Ribes curvatum is a North American species of currant known by the common names granite gooseberry, drooping gooseberry and Georgia gooseberry. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama), and can be found in habitats ranging from dry rocky slopes to rich woodlands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Granite Gooseberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ribes rotundifolium
- Ribes echinellum
- Ribes missouriense
- Ribes hirtellum
- Ribes fasciculatum
- Ribes cynosbati
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
- Species
- Ribes curvatum
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