Trumpet gooseberries are usually thorny as hell though. Could be Ribes odoratum/aureum though, clove currant.
OP, this is 100% a Ribes species and all Ribes are edible. Did this taste like a vague combo of currant, grape, spices, and possibly cough syrup?
Looks like the goose berries we have around here, minus the thorns. We usually use them when they are still green and sour. As they ripen they loose the sour and become slightly sweet, but pretty bland in my opinion.
Currant
Looks like black currants to me
It can also be a crossbreed of currants and gooseberries
Definitely black currant, could be native crandall currant aka clove currant. Worth collecting to eat and easy to propagate to grow your own!
neato, thanks!
For sure ribes, but maybe gooseberry? I'd monitor if the berries get larger.
Ribes leptanthum
Trumpet gooseberries are usually thorny as hell though. Could be Ribes odoratum/aureum though, clove currant. OP, this is 100% a Ribes species and all Ribes are edible. Did this taste like a vague combo of currant, grape, spices, and possibly cough syrup?
currently on my way to go eat one! i will let you know
they tasted pretty tart and somewhere between a grape and a blackberry, not very spicy though!
it's a black currant :)
Black velvet gooseberry
We have a species of black currant just like that here in Michigan!
This is a black currant. I've seen many in Colorado and I do eat them.
Looks like the goose berries we have around here, minus the thorns. We usually use them when they are still green and sour. As they ripen they loose the sour and become slightly sweet, but pretty bland in my opinion.
I grow gooseberries (green and red) and currants (red, white, pink, and black). These look like black currants.
Black currants.