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Ribes alpestre, Decne. Upright shrub, to 10 ft.: branches with
stout spines to 3/4in. long and usually in 3's, often bristly: lvs.
cordate to truncate, 3—5-lobed, with incisely dentate, obtusish lobes,
1-2 in. broad: fls. 1-2, short-peduncled, greenish or sometimes
reddish; calyx-tube campanulate, glandular; sepals oblong, reflexed,
about as long as tube; petals white, elliptic, at least half as long
as sepals; ovary with gland-tipped bristly hairs: fr. globose or
ovoid, to 3/5in. long, with gland-tipped bristles. Himalayas, W.
China. Var. giganteum, Jancz. Shrub, to 15 ft. with stout spines over
1 in. long: fls. glabrous, with smooth ovary: fr. larger, smooth,
green. W. China.—R. alpestre may prove to be a desirable hedge-plant,
hardy at least as far north as Mass.; in W. China, E. H. Wilson found
hedges 6-8 ft. high so thick and spiny that a yak, an animal as strong
as an ox, could not break through them.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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