Golden Current (Ribes aureum)

   
 

Fig. 1. El Fording La Cienega, Cibola Creek Ranch, Presideo County, Texas. Fig. 2. Ojo Sarco, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Golden Current, Buffalo Current
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Ribes aureum (RYE-bees AWE-ree-um)
• Family: Grossulariacea (Gooseberry Family)
• Geographic Range: Southern parts of western Canada; western USA.
• Plant Form: Erect, spreading shrub up to 8' tall.
• Remarks: Yellow flowers, eatable berries.

Last Update: 21 May 2006