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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)
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.
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