Species

Ribes sanguineum

Common Name(s)

flowering currant

Family

Grossulariaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

RIBSAN

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Features

Deciduous shrub 1-2 m high. Leaves, 4-8 by 4-9 cm, with 3-5 lobes, usually hairy with impressed veins above. Infloresence is a raceme of 15 to many pale pink to red flowers. Fruit 5-7 mm diameter, globose, black, usually with whitish bloom.

Flowering

August, September, October, November

Flower Colours

Red / Pink

Fruiting

November-March

Year Naturalised

1904

Origin

West N America

Reason For Introduction
Ornamental

Life Cycle Comments
Perennial.

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010