Ribes pinetorum Greene

Plants 1-2 m. Stems erect to sprawling, tomentose, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 1-3, 5-12 mm; prickles on internodes absent. Leaves: petiole 1-2.5 cm, tomentose, stipitate-glandular; blade roundish to broadly triangular, 3-5-lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, 1-3 cm, base truncate to cuneate, surfaces pubescent, with long-stalked glands, or glabrous, lobes oblong, margins with rounded teeth, apex rounded. Inflorescences pendent, solitary flowers, 2-3 cm, axis stipitate-glandular. Pedicels not jointed, 2-3 mm, tomentose, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate, 1 mm, pubescent. Flowers: hypanthium green, tubular, 6-8 mm, pubescent; sepals not overlapping, spreading, orange, orangish, or purplish, oblong-rounded, 6-16 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, pale orange, oval to oblong, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 4-6 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens shorter than petals; filaments linear, 4 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oval to oblong, 1-1.3 mm, apex raised, notched; ovary densely bristly; styles connate nearly to stigma, 6-8 mm, glabrous. Berries palatable, dark purple, globose, 10-15 mm, densely spiny.

Coniferous forests; at elevations from 1,900-3,100 metres.

The fruit are eaten. They are also ground and pressed into cakes and stored for later use.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.