[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)

Red-flowering currant as an ornamental shrub at the webmaster's residence in Gresham, OR.......April 5, 2017.

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