Grossulariaceae
American black currant
Ribes americanum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 美洲茶藨子, 美洲丛状茶藨子
- English
- American black currant, Roxborough currant, Eastern black currant, Wild black currant
- Ukrainian
- Смородина американська
Synonyms
- Coreosma americana (Mill.) Nieuwl.
- Coreosma americana var. mesochora Nieuwl.
- Coreosma florida (L'Hér.) Spach
- Ribes americanum f. mesochorum (Nieuwl.) Deam
- Ribes americanum f. pauciglandulosum Fassett
- Ribes americanum var. mesochorum (Nieuwl.) Peattie
- Ribes billenei Medik.
- Ribes campanulatum Moench
- Ribes dillenii Medik.
- Ribes floridum L'Hér.
- Ribes floridum var. grandiflorum Loudon
- Ribes heterotrichum K.Koch
- Ribes intermedium Tausch
- Ribes nigrum var. pennyslvanicum Marshall
- Ribes pensylvanicum Lam.
- Ribes recurvatum Michx.
- Ribes schmidtianum Tausch
- Ribesium campanulatum (Moench) Medik.
- Ribesium dillenii (Medik.) Medik.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow, purple (USDA PLANTS Database and Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: erutuon, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Hummert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.