Black Currant Plant Identification. Ribes aureum (commonly known as black currant or golden currant) is a western native plant, valued for its large, black edible fruit. Currants come in red, black, and gold colors when ripe.
The berry has a 1cm diameter, has a black color, a calyx at the top and a rather glossy skin, and it contains several seeds. However, unlike gooseberries, wild black currant has no prickly stems, and 6 or more flowers per cluster. Ribes / ˈ r aɪ b iː z / is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants native throughout the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
Quite stiff and upright, becoming looser with age;
Red currants are a reddish color and tend to ripen all at once. Ribis resistance from the ce gene, which gives the black currant plant full protection from infestation of c. Both are easily burned by intense sunlight. Identifying resistant plants by exposing them to c.