Mapleleaf Currant

Ribes acerifolium Howell, Erythea 3 : 34. 1895
Ribes Howellii Greene, Brythea 4 : 57. 1896.
Stems unarmed, erect, about 1 m. high. Leaves rather broader than long, 4—8 cm. wide,
cordate, thin, 3-5-lobed, glabrous above, puberulent, at least on the veins, and more or less
resinous-dotted beneath, the lobes ovate, acutish or obtuse, irregularly serrate, the petioles
about as long as the blades or shorter, puberulent, dilated and glandular-ciliate at the base ;
racemes puberulent and often glandular, reflexed, several-flowered, about as long as the
leaves ; pedicels curved upward, usually nearly as long as the lanceolate glandular bracts ;
hypanthium shorturceolate ; sepals obovate, obtuse, 3-4 mm. long, about 3 times as long
as the red spatulate petals ; ovary with stalked glands ; berry blue-black, with a bloom,
glandular, about 6-10 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Mount Hood, Oregon.
Distribution : Northern Oregon to southern British Columbia, at an elevation of 1500 to 2250 meters, in the Cascade Mountains and outlying peaks, and in the Olympic Mountains,

Ribes acerifolium is a North American species of currant known by the common names mapleleaf currant and maple-leaved currant. It is native to the Canadian Province of British Columbia as well as to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon).

Ribes acerifolium is a trailing shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with red or pink flowers and black berries.