[The Currant or Gooseberry Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum

Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum

Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum)

Red-flowering currant blooming in the webmaster's woodland garden in Gresham, OR.......March 27, 2017.

Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - Close-up of a flower of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum)

A close-up of the inflorescence and stem leaves of red-flowering currant as seen along the Springwater Trail at Powell Butte west of Gresham, OR........April 9, 2011.

Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - New leaves and flower buds of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum)

Red-flowering currant as at left as an ornamental shrub at the webmaster's residence in Gresham, OR.......April 5, 2017. The image at right shows the new leaves and budding inflorescence of red-flowering currant in the webmaster's garden in Gresham, OR.....February 29, 2024.

Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - Inflorescence of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - Leaf of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum)

Inflorescence and leaf of red-flowering currant as seen in Gresham, OR.

Dorsal leaf surface of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - Inflorescence of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum)

Flower of Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) - Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum)

Additional photos of red-flowering currant as seen on Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon.......May 21, 2009.

Paul Slichter