Ribes cereum
subsp. var. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
---|
Ribes cereum, Douglas. Much-branched, upright shrub, to 4 ft.: young growth puberulous and glandular: lvs. reniform-orbicular, 3-5-lobed with obtuse crenulate lobes, puberulous-glandular beneath, often glabrous or nearly so above, 1/2-1 1/2 in. broad: racemes few-fld., pendulous; bracts cuneate-obovate, toothed at the rounded or truncate apex; fls. white or greenish; calyx-tube pubescent, 1/4-1/3in. long, sepals ovate, about as long; petals minute, orbicular; ovary glandular or smooth; style usually hairy above: fr. bright red, about 1/3in. across. Brit. Col. to Calif., east to Mont., Idaho, Utah, and Ariz. B.M. 3008. B.R. 1263.—Early leafing and conspicuous with its pale grayish green foliage studded with numerous white or pinkish fls.; also the bright red frs. are ornamental. Var. farinosum (var. farinosum carneum, Jancz.). Branchlets violet: lvs. whitish-pulverulent: fls. bright pink.
|
Describe the plant here...
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
Gallery
If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Ribes cereum. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Ribes cereum QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)