Grossulariaceae
Golden currant
Ribes aureum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (27)
- Armenian
- Հաղարջենի ոսկյա
- Azerbaijani
- Qızılı qаrаğаt
- Belarusian
- Парэчкі залацістыя, Парэчкі залатыя
- Chinese
- 香茶藨子, 金茶藨子, 黃金加侖
- Czech
- Meruzalka zlatá
- Danish
- Guld-Ribs
- dsb
- Złoty janowy krick
- Dutch
- Gele ribes
- English
- Golden currant, Buffalo currant, Clove currant, Pruterberry
- Estonian
- Kuldsõstar
- Finnish
- Kultaherukka
- French
- Gadellier doré, Groseillier doré
- German
- Gold-Johannisbeere, Goldjohannisbeere
- hsb
- Złoty januškowc
- Hungarian
- Arany ribiszke
- Japanese
- ゴールデンカラント
- Latvian
- Zelta jāņogas
- Mongolian
- Алтан улаагана, Алтлаг улаагана
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gullrips
- nv
- Tséʼésgízii
- Polish
- Porzeczka złota
- Russian
- Смородина золотистая, Крандаль
- se
- Gollejieret
- Slovenian
- Zlati ribez
- Swedish
- Gullrips
- Ukrainian
- Смородина золотиста, Смородина запашна
- Welsh
- Llwyn cwrens persawrus
Synonyms
- Chrysobotrya aurea (Pursh) Rydb.
- Coreosma longiflora Lunell
- Coreosma longifolia Lunell
- Ribes aureum var. longiflorum Jancz.
- Ribes longiflorum Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow, red, purple (USDA PLANTS Database and Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annelis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yagsnart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ribes
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- Black currantRibes nigrumGrossulariaceae
- Cultivated currantRibes rubrumGrossulariaceae
- Alpine currantRibes alpinumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes petraeumGrossulariaceae
- Red flowering currantRibes sanguineumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes spicatumGrossulariaceae
- American black currantRibes americanumGrossulariaceae
- Spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatumGrossulariaceae
- Red currantRibes tristeGrossulariaceae
- Fuchsiaflower gooseberryRibes speciosumGrossulariaceae
- Siberian currantRibes diacanthumGrossulariaceae
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.