Ribes mescalerium, the Mescalero currant, is a shrub native to southeastern New Mexico, western Texas, and the Mexican State of Chihuahua. It grows in open areas in the mountains at elevation of .Flora of North America Ribes mescalerium Coville.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Ribes mescalerium reaches a height of up to . Leaves are palmately lobed. Flowers are borne on a pendulent (hanging) raceme of 6-10 white flowers. Fruits are round, black up to across, juicy and good-tasting.Coville, Frederick Vernon. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13(41): 196–198. 1900.Janczewski, Eduard von Glinka. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 35(3): 336. 1907 in French
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