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Ribes rotundifolium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Grossulariaceae

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Species

Order
  
Saxifragales

Genus
  
Ribes

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Ribes rotundifolium is a North American species of currant known by the common names wild gooseberry and Appalachian gooseberry. It is native to the eastern United States, primarily the Appalachian Mountains, from Massachusetts and the Adirondacks south as far as South Carolina and Tennessee.

Ribes rotundifolium is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, with cream-colored, pinkish or pale green pink flowers and dark blue or dark purple berries. Berries are sweet, tasty pale purple berries.

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Ribes rotundifolium Wikipedia