Ribes indecorum Eastw.

Whiteflower currant (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Grossulariaceae > Ribes

Characteristics

Plants usually deciduous, 1.5-3 m. Stems erect, densely pubescent and glandular; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent. Leaves: petiole 0.5-2.5 cm, with long, glandular hairs at base; blade roundish to pentangular, 3-5-lobed, cleft less than 1/4 to midrib, 1-4 cm, base cordate, surfaces white-tomentose abaxially, hairy and stipitate-glandular adaxially, lobes deltate, margins crenate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences spreading, 10-25-flowered racemes, 2-5 cm, axis glandular-pubescent, flowers evenly spaced. Pedicels jointed, 1-2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 2-4 mm, crisped-puberulent, stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium greenish white, narrowly tubular-urceolate, 2.5-5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, recurved, white, oblong to ovate, 1-2 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, white, flabellate to spatulate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.5-1 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens nearly as long as petals; filaments broadened at base, ca. 0.2 mm, pubescent; anthers white, ovate, 0.5-0.8 mm, apex minutely apiculate; ovary tomentose, stipitate-glandular; styles connate nearly to stigmas, 3-4 mm, tomentose entire length. Berries palatability not known, purple, globose, 6-7 mm, hairy, stipitate-glandular.
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A shrub. It can grow 3 m tall. The stems are hairy. The fruit are round and purple. They are 6-7 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

Uses food medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Toothache (root)
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Images

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Distribution

Ribes indecorum world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:220958-2
WFO ID wfo-0001135601
COL ID 4SYD7
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ribes sanctae-barbarae Ribes indecorum