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Ribes petraeum

Rock currant

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Common name

Rock currant

Scientific name

Ribes petraeum Wulfen

Conservation status and threats

Not protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Ribes petraeum is an deciduous shrub reaching a height 1 to 3 m. Flowering May-June¹.

Habitat

Forests and thickets, in shady and moist rocky places².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the mountains Sredna Stara planina, Vitosha, Pirin, Rila, Western Rhodopes, from 1200 to 2100 m altitude³.

General distribution

Map of general distribution⁴:

References

1 Кузманов, Б. 1970. Във: Флора на Народна Република България, том IV, София.

2 Кузманов, Б. 1970.

3 Кузманов, Б. 1970.

4 Ribes petraeum Wulfen. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.

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