About Ribes glandulosum Grauer
Ribes glandulosum Grauer is a deciduous shrub that grows 0.5 metres (2 feet) tall and equally wide. Its leaves are 2.5 to 7.5 centimetres (1 to 3 inches) wide, palmately lobed with 5 to 7 deeply cut segments. It produces elongated clusters of 6 to 15 pink flowers. Its fruits are dark red, egg-shaped, and their palatability varies. This species is widespread across all 10 provinces and all 3 territories of Canada. It also occurs in parts of the United States, including Alaska, the Great Lakes region, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Northeast. It grows in humid forests, shrub thickets, clearings, and on rocky slopes. The Ojibwe people use a compound decoction made from its root to treat back pain and "female weakness". The Woods Cree use a decoction of its stem, taken alone or mixed with wild red raspberry, to prevent clotting after childbirth. They also eat its berries as food, and make a bitter tea from its stem. The Algonquin people eat its berries as food.
