Ribes bracteosum

Stink currant, Stink Currant

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Stink currant is a California native shrub found in northern coastal, western Klamath Range, and northern Coast Range bioregions in moist forest habitats at elevations of 15 to 1,665 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces small white flowers in erect clusters of 20 to 50 blooms. Growing to less than 4 meters tall with sparsely hairy stems, it forms an open, branching structure. Its distinctive leaves are deeply 5 to 7-lobed, 4 to 20 centimeters wide, with a shiny upper surface and dull underside featuring sparse yellow glandular spots. The fruit develops as a black-glaucous berry 8 to 10 millimeters long, giving the plant its characteristic appearance.

Habitat: Moist forest

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: 15-1665 m

Bioregions: NCo, w KR, NCoRO

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.