Ribes cereum var. cereum
Wax Currant

Family: Grossulariaceae (Currant family)

Photo taken in the Colockum Wildlife Area, bottom of basalt talus slope, blooming late March and April

photo of Ribes cereum
© 2003 Thayne Tuason

Plant:

Berries eaten fresh by the Okanagan-Colville, Okanagon, Thompson, Sanpoil and Nespelem, Montana Indian and others.