Winaha Currant

Ribes wolfii Rothr. Am. Nat. 8 : 358. 1874
Rtbes mogollonicum Greene, Bull. Torrey Club 8 : 121. 1881.
Unarmed, 3.5 m. high or less, the young shoots finely puberulent, or almost glabrous. Iveaves thin, suborbicular in outline, 3-5-lobed, 4-9 cm. wide, cordate with an open sinus, glabrous above, usually somewhat puberulent on the veins and with sessile glands beneath, the lobes obtuse or acutish, serrate-dentate, the slender petioles puberulent and more or less glandular ; racemes erect, few-several-flowered, the puberulent and glandular peduncles as long as the petioles or longer; pedicels 6-8 mm. long; bracts oblong or oblong-spatulate, about as long as the pedicels ; ovary densely glandular-bristly ; hypanthium puberulent, 1.5 mm. long; sepals greenishwhite, ovate-oblong, veiny, 3-4 mm. long, spreading; petals white, spatulate, much shorter than the sepals ; stamens about half as long as the sepals; berry black, sometimes with a bloom, glandular-bristly, 8-12 mm. in diameter.
Type locality : Twin I^akes and Mosquito Pass, Colorado. Distribution : Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Ribes wolfii is a North American species of currant known by the common names Wolf's currant and Rothrock currant. It is native to the western United States. The distribution is disjunct or discontinuous, with two distinct concentrations of populations separate by a gap of over 320 km (200 miles). One is in northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. The other is in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. There is also a report of an isolated population south of the border in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Ribes wolfii is a shrub up to 5 meters (almost 17 feet) tall, with cream-colored, pinkish or green pink flowers. Berries are black, glandular, and reportedly sweet and tasty.