Wolf's currant Grossulariaceae Ribes
wolfii Rothr.
symbol: RIWO
Leaf: Alternate, simple, deciduous, round in outline, palmately 3- to 5-lobed, serrate, 1 to 3 inches in diameter; dark green and glabrous above, paler below.
Flower: Perfect, small, yellow-white to pinkish, tubular flowers with 5 petals, borne in compact racemes.
Fruit: Dark blue, 1/2 inch pea-sized berries covered with stalked glands and white waxy bloom; sweet and tasty.
Twig: Young twigs are round, red-green, slightly pubescent, reddish brown with age.
Bark: Reddish brown to grayish brown, thin, splits longitudinally to reveal vertical rows of horizontal lenticels.
Form: A loosely branched, erect shrub reaching 10 feet tall.
Looks like: sticky currant
- mountain gooseberry
- mapleleaf currant
- mountain currant