Burke: Ribes sanguineum

	Ribes sanguineum
	blood currant, red currant, red flowering currant
Habit	Erect, unarmed shrub 1-3 m. tall, with reddish-brown bark.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly reniform to deltoid-ovate, 2.5-6 cm. broad, the lower surface much paler and hairier than the upper, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes deltoid to rounded and finely denticulate.
Flowers	Inflorescence of erect, 10- to 20-flowered racemes; pedicels jointed; calyx pale to deep rose, finely pubescent; calyx tube 3-5 mm. long and nearly a broad, the 5 lobes oblong, equal to the tube, spreading; petals 5, white to light rose, obovate-spatulate, entire, 2.5-3.5 mm. long; stamens 5, equaling the petals, the filaments pinkish; styles 2, glabrous, fused almost to the stigmas; ovary inferior.
Fruits	Berry globose, 7-9 mm. long, glaucous-black.

	Ribes sanguineum
Flowering time	February-June
Habitat	Open to wooded, moist to dry valleys and lower mountains.
Distribution	Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	R. acerifolium, R. aureum, R. bracteosum, R. cereum, R. divaricatum, R. hudsonianum, R. inerme, R. lacustre, R. laxiflorum, R. lobbii, R. montigenum, R. nigrum, R. niveum, R. oxyacanthoides, R. rubrum, R. triste, R. velutinum, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
Subordinate taxa	R. sanguineum var. sanguineum
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Ribes sanguineum

blood currant, red currant, red flowering currant

Habit

Erect, unarmed shrub 1-3 m. tall, with reddish-brown bark.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly reniform to deltoid-ovate, 2.5-6 cm. broad, the lower surface much paler and hairier than the upper, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes deltoid to rounded and finely denticulate.

Flowers

Inflorescence of erect, 10- to 20-flowered racemes;

pedicels jointed;

calyx pale to deep rose, finely pubescent;

calyx tube 3-5 mm. long and nearly a broad, the 5 lobes oblong, equal to the tube, spreading;

petals 5, white to light rose, obovate-spatulate, entire, 2.5-3.5 mm. long;

stamens 5, equaling the petals, the filaments pinkish;

styles 2, glabrous, fused almost to the stigmas;

ovary inferior.

Fruits

Berry globose, 7-9 mm. long, glaucous-black.