Ribes divaricatum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ribes divaricatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ribes divaricatum, Douglas (R. divaricatum var. Douglasii, Jancz. R. irriguum, Koehne, not Douglas. Grossularia divaricata, Cov. & Brit.). Shrub, to 10 ft.; branches gray to brown, with stout spines 1/2-3/4in. long, sometimes unarmed and sometimes bristly: lvs. suborbicular, cordate to subtruncate, usually 5-lobed, with coarsely crenate-dentate obtusish lobes, pubescent beneath along the veins or glabrous, 1-2 1/2 in. broad: fls. 2-4, greenish purple; peduncles slender; bracts ovate, small; ovary glabrous; calyx-tube campanulate; sepals oblong, longer than tube; stamens slightly longer than the sepals: fr. globose, smooth, black or dark purple. Brit. Col. to Calif. B.R. 1359. Var. pubiflorum, Koehne (R. divaricatum var. villosum, Zabel). Lvs. pubescent: fls. smaller: vigorous sts. bristly. Var. montanum, Jancz. Low shrub with almost prostrate branches, smaller in every part. Calif. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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