Ribes alpinum

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub

Cultivation

Features:	✓	deciduous

Scientific Names

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Read about Ribes alpinum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ribes alpinum, Linn. (R. opulifolium, Hort.). Alpine Currant. Dense shrub, attaining 8 ft. and as much or more through, with upright sts. and spreading branches, nearly glabrous: lvs. truncate or subcordate, 3-lobed, rarely 5-lobed, with obtuse or acutish dentate lobes, 1-2 in. across: fls. dioecious, small, greenish, in upright racemes, the male 1-2 1/2, the female 3/4-1 1/2 in. long; the calyx-tube nearly flat; sepals ovate, petals minute; filaments very short: fr. subglobose, scarlet, glabrous, insipid. Eu.—Several named varieties of little importance are known; the best known are: Var.pumilum, Lindl. (var. humile, A. Braun). Dwarf form with smaller lvs. Var. laciniatum, Kirchn. Lvs. more deeply lobed and incisely toothed. Var. aureum, Bean (var. pumilum aureum, Pynaert, var. foliis-aureis, Hort.). Dwarf form with yellowish foliage. R.B. 4:233. The pistillate fruiting form is sometimes distinguished as var. bacciferum, Loud., and the staminate sterile form as var. sterile, Loud.—The Alpine currant is a desirable shrub of dense habit, unfolding very early its bright green foliage, adorned in summer and autumn with bright scarlet berries; it is one of the best shrubs to plant as undergrowth and in shady places. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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