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Ribes aureum Pursh
golden currant
Other common names
golden-flowered currantslender-flowered blackcurrant
see moreyellow-flowered currant
buffalo currant
clove currant
Missouri currant
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Botanical details
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Ribes
- Genus description
Ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes spiny, with simple, usually palmately lobed leaves and small tubular or bell-shaped, solitary or racemose flowers borne in spring or summer, followed by juicy, sometimes edible berries
- Name status
Correct
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