Blooms: March-June
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.

Distribution: Chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to south to California.
Habitat: Open to wooded, moist to dry valleys and lower mountains.

Species Description:

General: 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.

Subspecies & Varieties:

Ribes sanguineum Pursh

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Ribes sanguineum specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Ribes sanguineum specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Ribes sanguineum treatment.

E-Flora BC: Ribes sanguineum atlas page.

CalPhotos: Ribes sanguineum images.

USDA Plants Database: Ribes sanguineum.