Buffalo currant

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Buffalo currant leaves

Buffalo currant

Buffalo currant

Buffalo currant habit

Buffalo currant flowers

Buffalo currant

Buffalo currant

Buffalo currant

Buffalo currant leaf

Morphology

Trunk

Ascending to erect, glabrous or puberulent to villous; spines and prickles absent.

Leaves

Cauline, alternate, simple; stipules present; petiole .2 to 2 inches; blade deltate to ovate or obovate, .4 to 2.4 inches, base cuneate to cordate, margins 3(-5)-lobed, usually also toothed, surfaces glabrous or nearly so.

Flowers

Racemes, ascending to reflexed, 3-15-flowered; pedicels jointed, .08 to .3 inch, glabrous or villous; hypanthium yellow to yellowish green, tubular, .4 to .8 inch, glabrous; sepals 5, yellow, united below, spreading, oblong to elliptic, .12 to .28 inch; petals 5, erect, yellow to red, oblong to obovate; stamens 5, mostly included.

Fruit

Berries usually red, orange, brown, or black, spherical, .2 to .4 inch, glabrous; seeds brown to black.

Ecology

Habitat

Wooded slopes, thickets, prairie ravines, bluffs, and fencerows.

Distribution

Occurs statewide

Additional Notes

Synonyms

Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.