English: Skunk currant.
Region: North American, Canada, United States.
Culture: endangered in Connecticut and New Jersey, presumed extirpated in Ohio; considered a noxious weed in Michigan.
Use: berries as food.
BotanyDeciduous shrub; to 0.5 m tall and wide.
Leaves: palmately lobed; with 5 or 7 deeply cut segments.
Inflorescence: elongated clusters of 6 to 15 pink flowers.
Fruits: red; egg-shaped; sometimes palatable but sometimes not.