Ribes sanguineum |
Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum |
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blood currant, flowering currant, red currant, red-flowering currant, redflower currant, winter currant |
blood currant, red currant, red-flowering currant, redflower currant |
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Habit | Plants 1–4 m. Stems erect, finely pubescent, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent. | |||||
Leaves | petiole 2–7 cm, puberulent, short stipitate-glandular; blade broadly reniform or cordate-orbiculate to deltate-ovate, nearly equally to irregularly 5-lobed, cleft nearly 1/4 to midrib, 2–7 cm, base subtruncate to cordate, surfaces puberulent to whitish-tomentose abaxially, puberulent adaxially or puberulent and colorless, sessile-glandular on both surfaces, lobes deltate to obtuse, margins finely 2–3 times crenate and denticulate or serrate, apex broadly acute. |
blades moderately thick, base subtruncate, surfaces whitish-tomentose abaxially, puberulent adaxially. |
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Racemes | erect to stiffly spreading or ascending, 5–15(–20)-flowered, 5–7 cm. |
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Inflorescences | pendent to stiffly spreading or ascending or erect, 5–40-flowered racemes, 5–15 cm, axis crisped-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. |
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Pedicels | jointed, 5–10 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts oblanceolate or lanceolate, 2–12 mm, with scattered, short hairs and stalked glands. |
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Flowers | hypanthium white, pink, rose, or red, tubular to campanulate, 3–7 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, spreading or reflexed, white, pink, or red, ovate-elliptic or oblong to oblanceolate or lanceolate, 4–5 mm; petals not or nearly connivent to connivent, erect, white or pink to red, obovate-spatulate to oblong or almost square, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1–3.5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens shorter than to as long as petals; filaments linear or slightly expanded at base, 1.2–2 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oblong-oval, 0.5–0.8 mm, apex shallowly notched; ovary stipitate-glandular to strongly stipitate-glandular and crisped-puberulent; styles connate nearly to stigmas, 4–6 mm, glabrous or with scattered, stipitate glands at base. |
hypanthium white, pink, or red, tubular, 3–6 mm; sepals spreading, red, ovate-elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate; petals not or nearly connivent, white to red, obovate-spatulate; stamens shorter than petals; ovary crisped-puberulent, strongly stipitate-glandular; styles glabrous or with scattered, stipitate glands at base. |
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Berries | palatable but insipid, blue-black, glaucous, ovoid or globose, 3–9(–10) mm, yellowish or greenish stipitate-glandular. |
globose, 7–9 mm, stipitate-glandular. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Ribes sanguineum |
Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Open forests, rocky slopes, clearings, roadsides, wooded valleys and mountains | |||||
Elevation | 1300-2400 m (4300-7900 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC [Introduced in c Europe]
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CA; ID; OR; WA; BC [Introduced in c Europe] |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Ribes sanguineum is widely cultivated. It begins to bloom very early in the season, providing a nectar source for pollinators when little else is available. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 21. | FNA vol. 8, p. 21. | ||||
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes > Ribes sanguineum | ||||
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Synonyms | R. sanguineum var. deductum, R. sanguineum var. melanocarpum | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 164. 1813 , | unknown | ||||
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