Wax Currant
Ribes cereum Douglas - Currant family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet
Plant Type: Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds
Larval Species depending on Wax Currant: Agapema homogena, Aseptis binotata, Coptodisca ribesella, Dysstroma brunneata, Dysstroma formosa, Dysstroma walkerata, Gelechia ribesella, Hemileuca nuttalli, Hesperumia latipennis, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Lithophane georgii, Macaria bitactata, Malacosoma californica california, Neoterpes trianuliferata, Operophtera bruceata, Platypolia contadina, Platypolia loda, Polygonia gracilis, Polygonia gracillis zephyrus, Polygonia zephyrus, Saturnia homogena, Sparganothis senecionana, Stretchia plusiaeformis, Synaxis jubararia, Tharsalea arota
Native Range
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia
- USA: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- MEX: Mexico Northwest
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.