| Scientific Name: | Ribes nigrum |
| Common Name: | black currant |
| Family Name: | Grossulariaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Open, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Hedge row, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Reniform, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Green-yellow, Pink, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Black, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate-reniform, 5-15cm long and wide, 3-5 deep lobes, margin irregularly serrate, base cordate, aromatic when crushed, petioles 1-4cm long, stipules small and leafy if still present; berries round, 12-15mm wide, glossy black with persistent calyx. Winter ID: rounded shrub 1-2m tall, no prickles or spines at nodes, buds alternate, leaf scars crescent shaped with 3 bundle scars. | |