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Family
Common Names
Origin
Naturalised Distribution
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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of stem and leaf stalks (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

lobed leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of leaf underside (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

drooping flower cluster (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of flower (Photo: Greg Jordan)

close-up of flower from side-on (Photo: Greg Jordan)

mature fruit (Photo: Greg Jordan)

close-up of seeds (Photo: Steve Hurst at USDA PLANTS Database)

Ribes sanguineum

Scientific Name

Ribes sanguineum Pursh

Family

Grossulariaceae

Common Names

currant, flowering currant, pink-flowered currant, red flowering currant, red-flower currant, redflower currant, red-flowered currant, red-flowering currant, winter currant

Origin

Native to western Canada (i.e. British Columbia) and western USA (i.e. Washington, Oregon and California.

Naturalised Distribution

Locally naturalised in Tasmania.

Also naturalised overseas in New Zealand.

Notes

Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) is regarded as an environmental weed in Tasmania.