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PLANTS

Swamp currant

Ribes lacustre

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialPurple flowers
Swamp currant, In flower
Swamp currant, No flowers or fruits
Swamp currant, photo 3 of 5
91 cmHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 91 cm. Grows in fields and in forests.

There are 3,229 observations of Swamp currant in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in every region. They peak from June to August and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent759
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine642
  3. Côte-Nord446
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue251
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches187
  6. Estrie164
  7. Outaouais131
  8. Laurentides126
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean122
  10. Nord-du-Québec118
  11. Capitale-Nationale90
  12. Montérégie72
  13. Centre-du-Québec42
  14. Lanaudière38
  15. Mauricie37
  16. Montréal3
  17. Laval1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
FieldsMario Hains
MarshAlexander Rumpel
MountainEmmanuel Milou

Similar species

Canadian gooseberryRibes oxyacanthoides
Eastern prickly gooseberryRibes cynosbati
Hairystem gooseberryRibes hirtellum
Skunk currantRibes glandulosum
European gooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Northern black currantRibes hudsonianum
Red currantRibes triste
European black currantRibes nigrum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Alpine currantRibes alpinum
Wild black currantRibes americanum
Golden currantRibes aureum