Grossulariaceae
Skunk currant
Ribes glandulosum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- كشمش حشفي
- English
- Skunk currant
- Finnish
- Lamoherukka
- German
- Stinktier-Johannisbeere, Drüsige Johinnisbeere
- gv
- Berrish rangagh ghlass
- Russian
- Смородина железистая
- Swedish
- Dvärgrips
Synonyms
- Coreosma prostrata Lunell
- Ribes prostratum L'Hér.
- Ribes prostratum var. wisconsinum Fassett
- Ribes resinosum Pursh
- Ribes viscosum Cels ex Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Kymi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ribes
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- Black currantRibes nigrumGrossulariaceae
- Cultivated currantRibes rubrumGrossulariaceae
- Alpine currantRibes alpinumGrossulariaceae
- Golden currantRibes aureumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes petraeumGrossulariaceae
- Red flowering currantRibes sanguineumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes spicatumGrossulariaceae
- American black currantRibes americanumGrossulariaceae
- Spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatumGrossulariaceae
- Red currantRibes tristeGrossulariaceae
- Fuchsiaflower gooseberryRibes speciosumGrossulariaceae
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.