Ribes acerifolium explained

Ribes acerifolium is a North American species of currant known by the common names mapleleaf currant and maple-leaved currant. It is native to the Canadian Province of British Columbia as well as to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon).^{[1] [2]}

Ribes acerifolium is a trailing shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with red or pink flowers and black berries.^[3]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oregon in 1893
• Paul Slichter, Gooseberries and Currants of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington, Mapleleaf Currant, Maple-leaf Currant, Mapleleaf Gooseberry Ribes acerifolium photos

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ribes%20acerifolium.png Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
2. http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/ribes-acerifolium Turner Photographics, Ribes acerifolium - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15256812#page/41/mode/1up Howell, Thomas Jefferson 1895. Erythea 3(2): 34–35