Grossulariaceae
Chaparral currant
Ribes malvaceum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chaparral currant
Synonyms
- Ribes malvaceum var. clementinum Dunkle
- Ribes malvaceum var. malvaceum
- Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium Abrams
- Ribes polystachyum A.Berger
- Ribes purpurascens A.Heller
- Ribes viridifolium (Abrams) A.Heller
- Ribes watkinsii Eastw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toedrifter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ribes
- European gooseberryRibes uva-crispaGrossulariaceae
- 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.