Ribes sanguineum

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Common name

flowering currant

Family

Grossulariaceae

Authority

Ribes sanguineum Pursh

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

NVS code

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RIBSAN

Conservation status

Not applicable

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Features

Deciduous shrub 1-2 m high. Leaves, 4-8 by 4-9 cm, with 3-5 lobes, usually hairy with impressed veins above. Infloresence is a raceme of 15 to many pale pink to red flowers. Fruit 5-7 mm diameter, globose, black, usually with whitish bloom.

Flowering

August, September, October, November

Flower colours

Red/Pink

Fruiting

November-March

Year naturalised

1904

Origin

West N America

Reason For Introduction
Ornamental

Life Cycle Comments
Perennial.

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