Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Cuirín dubh
Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Blackcurrant
Ribes nigrum
Cuirín dubh
Family: Grossulariaceae

Flowering April-May. Shrub. Introduced. Garden escape.

Drooping racemes of pinkish-green, bell-shaped flowers with recurved, hairy sepals are followed by clusters of edible berries, reddish ripening to black. The deciduous leaves are usually 5-lobed with small brownish glands underneath and s slightly 'catty' smell. Height to 2m.

A widespread garden escape, discard or relic of cultivation in woods and hedges and on riverbanks, lakeshores and waste ground.

Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Cuirín dubh

Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Cuirín dubh
Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Cuirín dubh

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