Photos: The Gearagh, Co.Cork |
Flowering Currant Drooping racemes of pink flowers with slight cat-like scent. Leaves have glands which produce tom-cat smell when crushed. More/less hairless, 3-5 lobed. Small blue-black fruit, inedible. Height: 1-2m. Hedgebanks, woods, roadsides. Garden escape. Introduced. Similar: Red Currant, Black Currant. Also introduced garden escapes. |