Ribes cereum var. cereum
Wax Currant

Family: Grossulariaceae (Currant family)

© 2003 Thayne Tuason. Photo taken in the Colockum Wildlife Area, bottom of basalt talus slope, blooming late March and April.

© 2010 Thayne Tuason. Ribes is one of the first shrubs to start unfurling leaves in spring. Shown here in mid March with it's first leaves of the season and tiny flower buds. Wenatchee foothills.

Plant:

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