Ribes acerifolium Howell is a plant in the Grossulariaceae family, order Saxifragales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Ribes acerifolium Howell

Ribes acerifolium Howell

Ribes acerifolium, or mapleleaf currant, is a trailing North American currant with red/pink flowers and black berries.

Genus
Ribes
Order
Saxifragales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Ribes acerifolium Howell

Ribes acerifolium Howell is a North American currant species that goes by the common names mapleleaf currant and maple-leaved currant. This plant is native to the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also to the northwestern United States, specifically the states of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. It is a trailing shrub that can reach up to 100 cm (40 inches) in height. It produces red or pink flowers and bears black berries.

Photo: (c) Steve Ansell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steve Ansell · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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