Ribes cereum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ribes cereum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ribes cereum, Douglas. Much-branched, upright shrub, to 4 ft.: young growth puberulous and glandular: lvs. reniform-orbicular, 3-5-lobed with obtuse crenulate lobes, puberulous-glandular beneath, often glabrous or nearly so above, 1/2-1 1/2 in. broad: racemes few-fld., pendulous; bracts cuneate-obovate, toothed at the rounded or truncate apex; fls. white or greenish; calyx-tube pubescent, 1/4-1/3in. long, sepals ovate, about as long; petals minute, orbicular; ovary glandular or smooth; style usually hairy above: fr. bright red, about 1/3in. across. Brit. Col. to Calif., east to Mont., Idaho, Utah, and Ariz. B.M. 3008. B.R. 1263.—Early leafing and conspicuous with its pale grayish green foliage studded with numerous white or pinkish fls.; also the bright red frs. are ornamental. Var. farinosum (var. farinosum carneum, Jancz.). Branchlets violet: lvs. whitish-pulverulent: fls. bright pink. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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