Ribes oxyacanthoides

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ribes oxyacanthoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ribes oxyacanthoides, Linn. (Grossularia oxyacanthoides, Mill.). Low shrub with slender, often reclining branches, usually more or less bristly and with spines about 1/3in. long, sometimes nearly wanting: lvs. suborbicular, cordate to broadly cuneate at the base, deeply 5-lobed with dentate lobes, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous, 1-2 in. broad: peduncles very short, scarcely exceeding the bud-scales, 1-2-fld.; pedicels short: fls. greenish white; sepals narrow-oblong, little longer than the tube; stamens somewhat shorter than the sepals: fr. globose, smooth, red, slightly bloomy, edible. Newfoundland to Brit. Col., south to Mont., N. D., and Mich. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:240.—The plant cult. as R. oxyacanthoides is usually R. hirtellum or R. inerme. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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