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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ribes bracteosum''
| image = Ribes_bracteosum_10510.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Grossulariaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ribes]]''
| species = '''''R. bracteosum'''''
| binomial = ''Ribes bracteosum''
| binomial_authority = [[David Douglas|Dougl.]] ex [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]]
}}

'''''Ribes bracteosum''''' ('''Stink Currant''' is a species of [[Ribes|currant]] native to western coastal [[North America]].

[[Image:Ribes bracteosum 10373.JPG|left|thumb|Yellow glands may be seen on leaves.]]
It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]], without thorns, growing to 3 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 5-20 cm broad, [[palmate]]ly lobed with five to seven lobes. The [[flower]]s are produced in spring after the leaves emerge, on [[raceme]]s 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. <br clear = left>

==References==
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*[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'']

[[Category:Saxifragales]]
[[Category:Flora of Northwestern United States]]


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