Ribes bracteosum

Taxobox
name = "Ribes bracteosum"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Grossulariaceae
genus = "Ribes"
species = "R. bracteosum"
binomial = "Ribes bracteosum"
binomial_authority = Dougl. ex Hook.

"Ribes bracteosum" (Stink Currant) is a species of currant native to western coastal North America.

It is a deciduous shrub, without thorns, growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are 5-20 cm broad, palmately lobed with five to seven lobes. The flowers are produced in spring after the leaves emerge, on racemes 15-30 cm long of 20-40 flowers; each flower is 5-10 mm diameter, with five white or greenish-tinged petals. The fruit, born in clusters, is dark blue with a whitish bloom, edible but sometimes unpleasant.

References

* [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Ribes+bracteosum Plants of British Columbia: "Ribes bracteosum"]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Ribes%20bracteosum Jepson Flora Project: "Ribes bracteosum"]