Notice Red Prickly Currant s characteristic flesh-color stem tips, large thorns, and small spines. Family Montane, subalpine. Kilpacker Trail, August 1, 2000. West Mancos Trail, June 1, 2000. Numerous tiny, drooping, pink flowers make the common Whitestem Gooseberry a handsome shrub in mountain woods.
Berries are a deep wine red.
Family Semi-deserts, foothills. Shrublands, meadows, streamsides. Near Yellowjacket Canyon, March 24, 2001. Golden Currant s delicate lemon flowers show brightly in early spring green foliage. The flowers will be followed by golden, then orange, then red juicy berries.