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Red flowering currant one of our earliest blooming (and arguably prettiest) wildflowers Geotagged,Ribes sanguineum,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Red flowering currant

one of our earliest blooming (and arguably prettiest) wildflowers

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    It's beautiful indeed! What do you mean with "earliest"? Posted 7 years ago
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      earliest blooming - most flowers are just starting now to peek out around here this year. Indian plum and red currant are two of the native species that you'll see first. Posted 7 years ago
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        My bad, was thinking in terms of total natural history :) Posted 7 years ago
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          ah - I should have been more succinct in the first place - though now you have me wondering... I think horsetails are one of the oldest plant species that still live in the area, but I wonder which flowering plant has been here the longest.... off to do some research! Posted 7 years ago
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            As a side note, recently came across this prehistoric plant:

            Zamia obliqua, Bahia Solano, Colombia Local guides kept insisting how remarkable this plant is, so I feel like I owe it to them to try to dig up some information about them.<br /> <br /> The Zamia genus of plants are prehistoric and supposedly were around as far back as the dinosaur era. Our local guide mentioned this as the first plant to carry seeds. Colombia has 18 species of Zamias, most occurring in very specific areas of the country. Some of those areas were inaccessible for decades due to Colombia's violence, therefore these plants are shredded in some mystery. <br /> <br /> This area, the Chocó department, is one of such inaccessible areas. It has only recently be cleared to visit, yet enforced by a large military presence. The area is known to house two Zamia species: Zamia obliqua and Zamia manicata. <br /> <br /> Some Zamia species are cultivated for being ideal in-house plants. I've read that every part of the plant is toxic to both people and animals, but I'm not sure if this is true. <br /> <br /> Here's one of my main sources:<br /> http://irieonline.com/websites/plantapalm/vce/cycadsof/colombia.htm Bahia Solano,Bahía Solano,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,South America,World,Zamia obliqua

            ...one species in the genus also extends in the USA, but only the south it seems.             Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago

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The Red-flowering currant

"Ribes sanguineum" is a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae, native to western coastal North America from central British Columbia south to central California.

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Similar species: Saxifragales
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Uploaded Mar 22, 2018. Captured Mar 21, 2018 13:23 in Dunes Interpretive Trail, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, USA.
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