First blooms of Ribes sanguineum of the year :3
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Ribes sanguineum or red flowering currant, a favorite native plant where i live
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Red-Flowering Currant by alisonleighlilly on Flickr.
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
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n23_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library
Via Flickr:
Paxton's magazine of botany London;Orr and Smith [etc.]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48282206
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just another roadside attraction..
red flowering currant..Ribes sanguineum
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Ribes sanguineum (red flowering currant)
Flowering red currant is another plant native to the west coast of North America. Although it's berries are sometimes described as 'insipid', they were eaten fresh and dried as fruit leather by indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest. Red currants are loaded with vitamin C.
This plant was introduced to cultivation in 1826 by the famous Scottish botanist David Douglas and is now a popular ornamental shrub throughout the gardening world. This spring flower is also available in the cultivar 'Icicle White" which has been given the Royal Horticultural Society's, Award of Garden Merit.
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Red-Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) near Lake Washington
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This lovely plant is Ribes sanguineum, in the GROSSULARIACEAE family! Its common name is red-flowering currant.
This deciduous shrub can be identified by its 3-5 lobed palmate leaves, which alternate on the branch. Its 5 petal flowers are clustered in loose pendulous spikes and are typically red to pink in color.
Ribes sanguineum is native to Western North America. Its flowers attract pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies, and its seeds are dispersed through consumption by animals. It is resistant to fungal infections.
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This Ribes sanguineum is as about as excited for spring as I am
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Red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), Portland, Oregon. March 2024.
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Pink Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum), Point Reyes National Seashore, California [6240 × 4160] [OC]
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