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Field note · June 2025

Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit,

Oak Summit Nursery · Southern Manitoba

Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns, image 1 of 6 Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns, image 2 of 6 Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns, image 3 of 6 Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns, image 4 of 6 Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns, image 5 of 6 Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns, image 6 of 6
Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant has a cool spikey glandular fruit, but smooth stems without and bristles or thorns.. because it's a currant. less bristly than the prickly gooseberry, but similar crazy dangerous sea urchin look to the fruit. has a slightly skunky scent if you hold the leaves right to your nose, and the fruit are probably an ok edible, if you like something unusual.

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