Ribes cereum

Common Name: Wax Currant, Squaw Currant

Family: Grossulariaceae

Country of Origin: western North America

Description: This is a spreading or erect shrub growing 20 centimeters (8 inches) to 2 meters (80 inches) tall. It is aromatic, with a "spicy" scent.[9] The stems are fuzzy and often very glandular, and lack spines and prickles. The leaves are somewhat rounded and divided into shallow lobes which are toothed along the edges. The leaves are hairless to quite hairy, and usually studded with visible resin glands, particularly around the edges. The inflorescence is a clustered raceme of 2 to 9 flowers. The small flower is tubular with the white to pink sepals curling open at the tips to form a corolla-like structure. Inside there are minute white or pinkish petals, five stamens, and a two protruding green styles. The fruit is a rather tasteless red berry up to a centimeter (0.4 inch) wide, with a characteristically long, dried flower remnant at the end.^2,3

USDA Zone: 5-10

Accession #: 201600041

Accession Date: 2016-04-14 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 6001

Quantity: 2

Source: Forest Farm

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Grossulariaceae