Family: Grossulariaceae, Currant view all from this family

Description Thicket-forming shrub.
Leaves: 2", with 3 rounded lobes, usually toothed, on 2" stalks.
Bark: gray, smooth.
Flowers: 1/2", yellow, tubular, loosely clustered; bloom February-April.
Fruit: berries tiny, orange to yellow to blue-black; edible, ripe April-June.
Height: 6'.

Habitat Watersides, prairies, woodland edges, streamsides with sandy soil.

Range British Columbia to Saskatchewan and across the continental U.S. from the West Coast east to Tennessee, the Great Lakes, and Vermont. Not found in the southeastern states, Kentucky, e. Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire or Maine.

Discussion A native of the West, Golden Currant has been planted eastward in the United States and has escaped from cultivation and naturalized in many places.