Squaw Currant

Ribes cereum

Douglas Species

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Botanical name
Ribes cereum
Also known as
Squaw Currant, Wax Currant, White Currant
Family
Grossulariaceae
Genus
Ribes
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Squaw 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 cereum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cerophyllum douglasii

Others in Ribes

Ribes affine
Ribes × berisioides
Ribes × pallidum
Ribes × varoi
Ribes achurjani
Ribes aciculare
Ribes albifolium
Ribes biebersteinii

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