| Scientific Name: | Ribes uva-crispa |
| Common Name: | gooseberry |
| Family Name: | Grossulariaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Small garden/space, Spring interest, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Lustrous, Pubescent, Deltoid, Orbicular, Ovate, Crenate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Green-yellow, Green, Purple, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate-orbicular, 5-7cm long x 5-8cm wide, (3-)5 lobes, base truncate, spines sporadic, (0-)1(-2) per node, stipules to 2cm long, prickles on some stems. Winter ID: low, spreading habit; prickles and spines found on some stems, buds alternate, ovoid; leaf scars crescent shaped with 3 bundle scars. | |