Ribes speciosum

Fuchsienblütige currant ( Ribes speciosum )

The Fuchsienblütige currant ( Ribes speciosum ) is a species within the family of gooseberry plants ( Grossulariaceae ).

Description

The Fuchsienblütige currant is a deciduous, thorny shrub that reaches the plant height and diameter of up to 2 meters. Young shoots are red. The plant is sensitive to frost. The thorns are 10 to 20 millimeters long.

The alternate arranged on the branches leaves are divided into petiole and leaf blade. The petiole is 0.5 to 2 inches long. The glossy green leaf blade is oval and three-lobed to five-lobed with wedge-shaped Spreitenbasis at a length of 1 to 3.5 inches. Here, the gaps between the lobes are narrow, and the tip is rounded. The leaf margin carries a few shallow teeth.

The flowering is in late winter. The flowers appear singly or in pairs up to fourth in 2 to 7 cm long, paniculate inflorescences. The bracts are broad ovoid with a length of 4 to 8 mm. The flower stems have a length of 8 to 12 mm. The hanging flowers are red, small, wider than long, cruciform with a double perianth. The four red sepals are erect and 6 to 10 millimeters long. The four red petals are erect and elongated, have inside a wavy edge, and reach a size of 6 to 10 millimeters. The bare stamens are linear and reach a length of 12 to 40 millimeters. Her long stamens are red and two to four times as long as the petals. Dievioletten or red anthers are oval with a length of 2 mm and wearing a rounded tip.

The red, densely glandular- bristly berries are round with a diameter of 10 to 12 mm.

Dissemination

The Fuchsienblütige currant is native to California.

Swell

• Description from Flora of North America, Volume 8
• Cheers Gordon (ed.): Botanica. The ABC's of plants. 10,000 species in text and image. Könemann Publishing Company, 2003, ISBN 3-8331-1600-5 ( in page 777).