Ribes spicatum
English: Nordic Currant.
Clades: Grossulariaceae.
Region: Eurasia, Norway, Germany, UK, northern Eurasia, Kazakhstan, eastern Siberia, Mongolia.
Habitat: woods on limestone; thickets on poor dry mountain slopes, bare rocky mountain tops; very cold hardy, tolerating temperatures to -20°C; prefers moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil; quite tolerant of shade though do not fruit so well in such a position.
Use: fruit as food, raw or cooked.
Botany
Shrub; unarmed; 100 to 200 cm tall.
Leaves: deciduous.
Pollination: by insects.
Fruit: red; globose; 7 to 9 mm in diameter.
Taxonomy
Ribes spicatum and Ribes sativum are very closely related to Ribes rubrum.They are treated as a distinct species in some works, whilst others reduce them to synonymy with Ribes rubrum.