Ribes missouriense

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title: "Ribes missouriense" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ribes", "flora-of-northern-america", "plants-described-in-1840"] description: "Species of plant" topic_path: "general/ribes" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes_missouriense" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of plant ::

|name=Missouri gooseberry |image=Ribes missouriense Hobbs.jpg |genus=Ribes |species=missouriense |authority=Nutt ex Torr. & A.Gray |synonyms_ref= |synonyms={{Specieslist |Ribes missouriense* var. *ozarkanum|Fassett |Grossularia missouriensis|(Nutt.) Coville & Britton

Ribes missouriense, the Missouri gooseberry, Missouri currant or wild gooseberry, is a prickly, many-stemmed shrub native to the north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys). Scattered populations have been found further east, most of them likely escapes cultivation.

The Missouri gooseberry was once common as far east as Ohio, but was nearly extirpated there during the 19th and 20th centuries (partly due to early 20th-century efforts to prevent the spread of white pine blister rust by removing as many Ribes hosts as possible). Since 1982, however, the Missouri gooseberry has been granted protected status as an endangered species in Ohio, It is also endangered in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

References

References

1. [http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ribes%20missouriense.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]
2. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242344837 Flora of North America ''Ribes missouriense'' Nuttall 1840. Wild gooseberry, groseillier de Missouri]
3. "Plant Name Details for ''Ribes missouriense''". [[International Plant Names Index.
4. "Profile for ''Ribes missouriense'' (Missouri gooseberry)". [[United States Department of Agriculture.

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