| Scientific Name: | Ribes alpinum |
| Common Name: | alpine currant |
| Family Name: | Grossulariaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Green-yellow, May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Red, Dark-red, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, 3-5 lobed, ovate, most blades 3-4cm long and wide; fruit a dark red berry but male plants are more commonly planted for their rust resistance. | |