Ribes speciosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae, which includes the edible currants and gooseberries.

It is a spiny deciduous shrub with spring-flowering, elongate red flowers that resemble fuchsias, though it is not closely related.

The leathery leaves are shallowly divided into several lobes and are mostly hairless, the upper surfaces dark green and shiny.

The red stamens and stigmas protrude far from the mouth of the flower, each measuring up to 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) long.

[5] The fruit is a red-orange berry about a centimeter (0.4 inch) long, is covered densely in glandular bristles.