The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Ribes cereum var. cereum (Wax Currant)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	:	Rosidae
Order	:	Rosales
Family	:	Grossulariaceae – Currant family
Genus	:	Ribes L. – currant
Species	:	Ribes cereum Douglas – wax currant
Variety	:	Ribes cereum Douglas var. cereum – wax currant

This 6' deciduous shrub, with its many branches, is found on the east side of Cascade Mountains and south to New Mexico.

It has small round leaves and fancy white to pink blooms.

The red-orange berries are both decorative and edible.

Photo below right by Stan Shebs.

For a short comparison of northwest native currants, click here.

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