Sticky Currant

Ribes viscosissimum Pursh - 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: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Sticky Currant: Dysstroma brunneata, Dysstroma formosa, Epinotia vagana, Macaria bitactata, Neoterpes trianuliferata, Polygonia gracillis zephyrus, Sparganothis senecionana, Stretchia muricina, Zelleria gracilariella

Native Range

  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia
  • USA:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

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.