Ribes nigrum
Blank Currant
Ribes americanum
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- Botanical name
- Ribes americanum
- Also known as
- American Black Currant, Blank Currant, Wild Black Currant
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Blank Currant
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ribes americanum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Coreosma americana
Coreosma americana var. mesochora
Coreosma florida
Ribes americanum f. mesochorum
Ribes americanum f. pauciglandulosum
Ribes americanum var. mesochorum
Ribes billenei
Ribes campanulatum
Ribes dillenii
Ribes floridum
Ribes floridum var. grandiflorum
Ribes heterotrichum
Ribes intermedium
Ribes nigrum var. pennyslvanicum
Ribes pensylvanicum
Ribes recurvatum
Ribes schmidtianum
Ribesium campanulatum
Ribesium dillenii
Others in Ribes
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