[Wildflowers with 5 Petals West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

The Currant or Gooseberry Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Ribes

Applegate's Gooseberry, Marshall's Gooseberry: Ribes marshallii (Synonym: Grossularia marshallii)

Applegate's Gooseberry: Ribes marshallii

Maple-leaf Currant, Mapleleaf Gooseberry: Ribes acerifolium (Synonym: Ribes howellii) -

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum var. aureum (Synonym: Chrysobotrya aurea) -

Siskiyou Gooseberry, Trailing Gooseberry: Ribes binominatum (Synonym: Grossularia binominata) -

Blue Currant, California Black Currant, Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum -

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum (Synonyms: Ribes cereum var. inebrians, Ribes cereum var. pedicellare, Ribes inebrians, Ribes reniforme, Ribes viscidulum) -

Coast Black Gooseberry, Spreading Gooseberry, Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum var. divaricatum (Synonyms: Ribes divaricatum var. glabriflorum, Ribes divaricatum var. rigidum, Ribes suksdorfii) -

Coastal Black Gooseberry, Small-flowered Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum var. pubiflorum -

Hudson Bay Currant, Northern Black Currant, Western Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum (Synonyms: Ribes hudsonianum var. hudsonianum, Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare, Ribes petiolare) -

Whitestem Gooseberry: Ribes inerme var. inerme (Synonyms: Grossularia inermis, Grossularia inermis var. pubescens, Ribes divaricatum var. inerme, Ribes inerme var. subarmatum, Ribes valicola) -

Klamath Gooseberry: Ribes inerme var. klamathense (Synonyms: Grossularia klamathensis, Ribes klamathense) -

Bristly Black Gooseberry, Prickly Currant, Swamp Currant, Swamp Gooseberry: Ribes lacustre (Synonymns: Limnobotrya lacustris, Ribes lacustre var. parvulum, Ribes oxycanthoides var. lacustre) -

Coast Trailing Currant, Trailing Black Currant: Ribes laxiflorum (Synonym: Ribes coloradense) -

Gummy Gooseberry, Lobb's Gooseberry, Oregon Gooseberry: Ribes lobbii (Synonym: Grossularia lobbii) -

Applegate's Gooseberry, Marshall's Gooseberry: Ribes marshallii (Synonym: Grossularia marshallii) -

Coast Prickly Gooseberry: Ribes menziesii (Synonyms: Grossularia menziesii, Ribes menziesii var. menziesii) -

Nevada Currant, Mountain Pink Currant: Ribes nevadense - In Oregon? Approaches Oregon in extreme northern Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California.

Cultivated Black Currant: Ribes nigrum

Idaho Gooseberry: Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. irriguum (Synonyms: Grossularia irrigua, Grossularia nonscripta, Ribes divaricatum var. irriguum, Ribes irriguum, Ribes leucoderme, Ribes nonscripta, Ribes oxyacanthoides var. irriguum, Ribes oxyacanthoides var. leucoderme) ? - Collected near Corvallis, but generally a species of NE Oregon and Idaho.

Shinyleaf Currant, Shinyleaf Gooseberry, Sierra Gooseberry: Ribes roezlii var. cruentum (Synonyms: Grossularia cruenta, Ribes cruentum, Ribes cruentum var. cruentum, Ribes cruentum var. oregonense) -

Northern Red Currant: Ribes rubrum - Introduced from Europe.

Pink-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum (Synonym: Ribes glutinosum) -

Blood Currant, Red Currant, Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum (Synonyms: Ribes sanguineum var. deductum, Ribes sanguineum var. melanocarpum) -

American Red Currant, Red Currant, Swamp Red Currant, Western Red Currant, Wild Red Currant: Ribes triste (Synonyms: Ribes rubrum var. alaskanum, Ribes rubrum var. propinquum, Ribes triste var. albinervium) ? - Primarily a species of the Cascade Mountains.

Desert Gooseberry: Ribes velutinum (Synonyms: Grossularia velutina, Ribes gooddingii, Ribes velutinum var. gooddingii, Ribes velutinum var. velutinum) -

Hall's Sticky Currant, Mountain Currant, Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum (Synonyms: Ribes hallii, Ribes viscosissimum var. hallii, Ribes viscosissimum var. viscosissimum) -

Mount Adams Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry, Spring Gooseberry, Watson Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum (Synonym: Grossularia watsoniana) - Generally a species of the Cascade Mountains, occasionally found westward in the lowlands.


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