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| name = Chaparral Currant |
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[[Image:Ribes malvaceum flowers 2004-02-23.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Ribes malvaceum'' flowers]] |
[[Image:Ribes malvaceum flowers 2004-02-23.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Ribes malvaceum'' flowers]] |
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae |
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta |
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| classis = Magnoliopsida |
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| ordo = Rosales |
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| familia = Grossulariaceae |
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| genus = ''Ribes'' |
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| species = '''''R. malvaceum Sm.''''' |
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| binomial = Ribes malvaceum |
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| binomial_authority = *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Ribes+malvaceum Jepson Flora Project] |
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'''''Ribes malvaceum''''', called "chaparral current", is a member of the [[Grossulariaceae]] (gooseberry family). It is endemic to [[California]]. It occurs below 1500 m in [[chaparral]], foothill oak woodlands, and closed cone pine forests ranging from [[Baja California]] to the [[San Francisco Bay]] area and inner Northern Coastal Ranges. |
'''''Ribes malvaceum''''', called "chaparral current", is a member of the [[Grossulariaceae]] (gooseberry family). It is endemic to [[California]]. It occurs below 1500 m in [[chaparral]], foothill oak woodlands, and closed cone pine forests ranging from [[Baja California]] to the [[San Francisco Bay]] area and inner Northern Coastal Ranges. |
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Revision as of 19:37, 21 May 2006
Chaparral Currant
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| Division: | Magnoliophyta
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| Class: | Magnoliopsida
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| Order: | Rosales
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| Family: | Grossulariaceae
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| Genus: | Ribes
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| Species: | R. malvaceum Sm.
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| Ribes malvaceum | |
Ribes malvaceum, called "chaparral current", is a member of the Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family). It is endemic to California. It occurs below 1500 m in chaparral, foothill oak woodlands, and closed cone pine forests ranging from Baja California to the San Francisco Bay area and inner Northern Coastal Ranges.
Less than 2 meters tall, this perennial shrub lacks the characteristic nodal spines which are demonstrated on the stems of many other members in the genus Ribes. The leaf blades (20-50 mm) are densly hairy, glandular, and double toothed.
Infloresences are 10-25 flowered and open. The hypanthium (5-8 mm) is pink and about twice as long as it is wide. The sepals are pink-purple in color and are 4-6 mm. Petals are 2-3 mm and can range in color from pink-white. The flower also contains two fused styles which are fused to the tip and have a hairy base. A purple glaucous fruit (6-7 mm) is produced which is glandular and is covered by white hairs.
There are two varieties of R. malvaceum:
- var. malvaceum
- var. viridifolium
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