Grossulariaceae

Alpine currant

Ribes alpinum L.

Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes

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Alpine currant (Ribes alpinum) — FlowerPhoto: Jon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (35)

Arabic: كشمش جبلي
Armenian: Հաղարջենի ալպիական
arz: كشمش جبلى
Asturian: Bruselar alpina
Azerbaijani: Аlp qаrаğаtı
Belarusian: Парэчкі альпійскія
Bulgarian: Алпийско френско грозде
Catalan: Cirerola, Groseillier des alpes
Chinese: 高山茶藨子
Croatian: Alpski ribiz
Czech: Rybíz alpínský, Meruzalka alpínská
Danish: Fjeld-Ribs
dsb: Górski janowy krick
Dutch: Alpenbes
English: Alpine currant, Mountain currant
Estonian: Mage sõstar, Hele sõstar
Finnish: Taikinamarja, Taikinanmarja
French: Groseillier des alpes
Galician: Groselleira alpina
German: Alpen-Johannisbeere, Alpenjohannisbeere, Berg-Johannisbeere, Groseillier des alpes
hsb: Hórski januškowc
Hungarian: Havasi ribiszke
Lithuanian: Kalninis serbentas, Groseillier des alpes
Norwegian Bokmål: Alperips
os: Уæлхохаг хъæлæрдзы
Polish: Porzeczka alpejska
Russian: Смородина альпийская
se: Dáigejieret
Slovak: Ríbezľa alpínska
Slovenian: Alpsko grozdičje
Spanish: Grosellero silvestre, Grosella alpina
Swedish: Måbär, Groseillier des alpes
Turkish: Alp frenk üzümü
Ukrainian: Порічки альпійські, Смородина альпійська, Порічки блискучі
Welsh: Llwyn cwrens y mynydd

Synonyms

Grossularia alpestris Bubani
Grossularia insipida Rupr.
Liebichia alpina (L.) Opiz
Liebichia gottsteinii Opiz
Ribes album Gilib.
Ribes alpinum f. aureum (Van Geert) Rehder
Ribes alpinum f. laciniatum (G.Kirchn.) Rehder
Ribes alpinum f. pumilum (Lindl.) Rehder
Ribes alpinum subsp. lucidum (Kit.) Jasicová
Ribes alpinum subsp. lucidum (Kit.) Soják
Ribes alpinum unranked aureum Van Geert
Ribes alpinum var. bacciferum Wallr.
Ribes alpinum var. dioicum Gray
Ribes alpinum var. laciniatum G.Kirchn.
Ribes alpinum var. parvifolium Regel
Ribes alpinum var. pilosum Regel
Ribes alpinum var. pumilum Lindl.
Ribes alpinum var. sterile Wallr.
Ribes alpinum var. subglabrum Regel
Ribes bacciferum K.Koch
Ribes dioicum Moench
Ribes grossulariifolium Rchb. ex K.Koch
Ribes hladnikii Rchb. ex Nyman
Ribes humile Dippel
Ribes leucocladon Rchb. ex K.Koch
Ribes lucidum Kit.
Ribes multiflorum Willd.
Ribes opulifolium K.Koch
Ribes pallidigemmum Simonk.
Ribes pilosum Rchb. ex K.Koch
Ribes scopolii Rchb. ex K.Koch
Ribes scopolii Hladnik
Ribes sennenii Simonk.
Ribes sterile K.Koch
Ribes tortuosum K.Koch
Ribes viridissimum Rchb. ex K.Koch

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 101 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Gérard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 🌴Anxo🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Aiwok, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Remi gr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Marek Hrušovský, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.