View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Ribes cereum (Wax currant), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States (as Ribes spp.) and the Wild Edible Series: Arizona, California: Vol 1, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States:

The general use for any species of Ribes is as a mild astringent. Gargle the herb tea for mouth sores, bleeding and inflamed gums, and to soothe a sore throat.

A passage from Wild Edible Plants of Arizona:

Wax currant grows higher: around 5000’–9000’; look to open forests and with other shrubs on slopes and hillsides. The more abundant of the two species, it is common from
north of the Grand Canyon and the San Francisco Peaks to the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains.

A passage from Wild Edible Plants of California (Vol 1):

A number of the dominant species are as follows: Wax currant (Sierras), White–flowering currant (southwestern coastal scrub), Red–flowering currant (northwest and coast)…

A passage from Wild Edible Plants of Colorado:

There are no lack of Currant species throughout the southern Rocky Mountain sub–chains of Colorado.
Golden currant and Wax currant tend to grow at middle elevations; they are medium–sized bushes.