Irish wildflowers sitemap
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Blackcurrant Drooping racemes of pinkish-green,bell-shaped flowers, recurved, hairy sepals. Fruit is an edible berry, reddish ripening to black, persistent sepals. Leaves are usually 5-lobed, small brownish glands beneath, slightly 'catty' smell. To 2m. Damp woods, hedges, riversides, lakeshores, waste ground. Introduced. Widespread garden escape, discard or relic of cultivation. Most frequent N Ireland. 
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Blackcurrant. Macroom, Co.Cork. May 2008
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