Ribes erythrocarpum

Ribes erythrocarpum is an uncommon North American species of currant known by the common name Crater Lake currant.[1] It is native to the Cascade Mountains in the US State of Oregon, including inside Crater Lake National Park.[2][3][4]

Ribes erythrocarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species:
R. erythrocarpum
Binomial name
Ribes erythrocarpum

Ribes erythrocarpum is a trailing shrub with vertical branches up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces copper- or salmon-colored flowers and scarlet egg-shaped berries.[5][6]

References
  1. "Ribes erythrocarpum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Ribes erythrocarpum, Crater Lake Currant photos, description, distribution map
  4. Elizabeth L. Horn. 2005. The botanists at Crater Lake National Park. Kalmiopsis 12: 30-36 includes line drawings of Ribes erythrocarpum and other species
  5. Flora of North America, Ribes erythrocarpum Coville & Leiberg, 1896. Crater Lake currant
  6. Coville, Frederick Vernon & Leiberg, John Bernhard 1896. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10(23): 131-132


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