Grossulariaceae
Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- الضلوع الدموى
- Chinese
- 绯红茶藨子
- Czech
- Meruzalka krvavá
- Danish
- Blod-Ribs
- dsb
- Kšejcerwjeny janowy krick
- Dutch
- Rode ribes, Bloeibes, Bloeiende bes
- English
- Red flowering currant, Redflower currant, Flowering currant, Red currant, Red-flowering currant
- Finnish
- Ruusuherukka
- French
- Groseillier à fleurs
- German
- Blut-Johannisbeere, Blutjohannisbeere
- hsb
- Krejčerwjeny januškowc
- Hungarian
- Vérvörös ribiszke
- Icelandic
- Blóðrifs
- Japanese
- ハナスグリ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blodrips
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blodrips
- Polish
- Porzeczka krwista
- Russian
- Смородина кроваво-красная
- Swedish
- Rosenrips
- Ukrainian
- Порічки криваво-червоні, Смородина криваво-червона, Порічки криваві
- Welsh
- Llwyn cwrens blodeuog
Synonyms
- Calobotrya sanguinea Spach
- Coreosma sanguinea Spach
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carolyn Prentice, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Therese Phillips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Robinson from Williton, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aro Now, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Ryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: caroline legg, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ribes
- European gooseberryRibes uva-crispaGrossulariaceae
- Black currantRibes nigrumGrossulariaceae
- Cultivated currantRibes rubrumGrossulariaceae
- Alpine currantRibes alpinumGrossulariaceae
- Golden currantRibes aureumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes petraeumGrossulariaceae
- 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.