Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Maple-leaved Currant

Ribes acerifolium - Locally common, mid-summer, perennial, 3 ft. Shrub with spreading branches but no bristles. Leaves maple-like, 1-3 in. across, with 5-7 rounded, finely toothed lobes. Hanging stem of 8-12 greenish flowers, each less than 1/3 in. across with tiny red petals and stamen filaments broad at base. Berry black, coated with bluish powder. Grows from mid elevations to treeline in Cascade and Olympic mountains. Native.