Prickly Currant, Bristly Black Gooseberry, Swamp Gooseberry, Swamp Currant
Ribes lacustre
Synonymns: Limnobotrya lacustris, Ribes lacustre var. parvulum, Ribes oxycanthoides var. lacustre
![Prickly Currant, Bristly Black Gooseberry, Swamp Gooseberry, Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre (Synonymns: Limnobotrya lacustris, Ribes lacustre var. parvulum, Ribes oxycanthoides var. lacustre)](lacustre/lacustre4a.jpg)
The pendant inflorescence of prickly currant as seen in moist forest at the base of Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon.......May 21, 2009.
- ![Leaf of Prickly Currant, Bristly Black Gooseberry, Swamp Gooseberry, Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre (Synonymns: Limnobotrya lacustris, Ribes lacustre var. parvulum, Ribes oxycanthoides var. lacustre)](lacustre/lacustre4c.jpg)
The spiny stem and dorsal leaf surface of prickly currant as seen in moist forest at the base of Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon.......May 21, 2009.
![Prickly Currant, Bristly Black Gooseberry, Swamp Gooseberry, Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre (Synonymns: Limnobotrya lacustris, Ribes lacustre var. parvulum, Ribes oxycanthoides var. lacustre)](lacustre/lacustre5a.jpg)
Prickly currant as seen on Angora Peak, northern Oregon coast.......June 5, 2010.
Paul Slichter