Ribes aureum

Gold - currant ( Ribes aureum ), flowers

The gold - currant ( Ribes aureum ) is a North American Strauchart from the kind of currants (Ribes ) in the family of gooseberry plants ( Grossulariaceae ).

Description

The gold currant is a deciduous, 2-3 m tall shrub. Its up to 4 cm wide, almost bald, slightly glossy leaves are three - or five-lobed. In autumn they turn red. The flowers are 5 to 6 cm long hanging grapes and clover -like smell. The five short, upright petals are colored mostly reddish. They are surrounded by wreath of golden petal -like sepals. From the ovary to develop purple-brown to black, about 8 mm large edible berries, sour, fruity aroma.

Dissemination and use

The gold is earthy currant ago in Canada, the United States and northern Mexico. It is planted as an ornamental shrub in their homeland, but also in Europe because of their golden-yellow flower clusters. It is fully hardy and tolerates dry soils. As a fruit bush, they are rarely used by us. Fruit growers use it but occasionally as a backing for finishing with a spiked or currants.

System

Ribes Ribes aureum Within the genus belongs together with blood - currant and black currant in the subgenus Coreosma ( Spach ) Janczewski.

Some authors treat Ribes aureum Ribes odoratum as a synonym of. However, the latter differs among other things, greater at the edges and on the surface more hairy leaves.