Common name:
Flowering currant
Family:
Scientific name:
Ribes sanguineum
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations all across the British Isles. An introduced species, native to North America
Height:
Up to 2 m
Habitat:
Woodland, roadsides
Flowers:
The calyx is deep pink, with five oblong lobes, enclosing a shorter, tubular corolla, lighter pink in colour, containing five stamens, slightly exserted. Calyces and pedicels are sparsely short-hairy. The inflorescence is a curving raceme
Fruit:
Spherical, blue-black berries
Leaves:
Shallowly palmately divided into three or five lobes, lined by rounded teeth. Upper surfaces are hairless. Prominently veined
Season:
March to May
Rarity:
★★★★★
