Ribes bracteosum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Subgenus: Ribes subg. Ribes
Sectio: Ribes sect. Botrycarpum
Species: Ribes bracteosum
Name

Ribes bracteosum Douglas ex Hook., 1832
Synonyms

Ribes bracteosum var. fuscescens Jancz.
Ribes bracteosum var. viridiflorum Jancz.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Douglas, D. in W.J.Hooker, 1832. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 233

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ribes bracteosum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Sep 24. Ribes bracteosum. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Sep 24.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ribes bracteosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ribes bracteosum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 24. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ribes bracteosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Sep 24.

Vernacular names
English: Stink Currant

Ribes bracteosum, the stink currant,[1] is a species of currant native to western coastal North America from southeastern Alaska to Mendocino County in California.[2][3]

Ribes bracteosum is a deciduous shrub, without thorns, growing to 3 metres (10 ft) tall. The leaves are 5–20 cm (2–8 in) across, palmately lobed with 5 or 7 lobes. The flowers are produced in spring after the leaves emerge, on racemes 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long containing 20-40 flowers; each flower is 5–10 mm (3⁄16–3⁄8 in) in diameter, with five white or greenish-tinged petals. The fruit, born in clusters, is dark blue with a whitish bloom, edible but sometimes unpleasant.[4]
Images

Yellow glands may be seen on leaves.

Ripened fruit on Kaien Island.

References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ribes bracteosum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ribes bracteosum Douglas, stink currant
Flora of North America, Ribes bracteosum Douglas 1832. Stink currant