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PLANTS

Hairystem gooseberry

Ribes hirtellum

Plants
NativeShrubPerennial
Hairystem gooseberry, photo 1 of 5
Hairystem gooseberry, In flower
Hairystem gooseberry, In fruit

Perennial shrub. Grows in fields and near water.

There are 375 observations of Hairystem gooseberry in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in May and August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord150
  2. Nord-du-Québec42
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent39
  4. Capitale-Nationale30
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue22
  6. Montérégie19
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine18
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches13
  9. Outaouais13
  10. Estrie11
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean7
  12. Centre-du-Québec5
  13. Montréal4
  14. Laval1
  15. Mauricie1

Habitat

ForestCephas
FieldsBoaz Yoffe B Sc
MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgepeupleloup
ShorelineGilles Douaire

Similar species

Swamp currantRibes lacustre
European gooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Eastern prickly gooseberryRibes cynosbati
Canadian gooseberryRibes oxyacanthoides
Wild black currantRibes americanum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Alpine currantRibes alpinum
White meadowsweetSpiraea alba
Skunk currantRibes glandulosum
Red currantRibes triste
Fragrant sumacRhus aromatica
Golden currantRibes aureum