Blooms: April-May
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains of the U.S.
Habitat: Moderately moist areas in shrub-steppe to ponderosa pine forests.
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains of the U.S.
Habitat: Moderately moist areas in shrub-steppe to ponderosa pine forests.
Species Description:
General: Erect to spreading, unarmed, glabrous shrubs 1-3 m. tall; branches reddish when young, becoming dark gray with age.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, pale green, the blades broadly deltoid-ovate to ovate, 2-5 cm. broad, palmately 3-lobed less than half their length, the segments entire or with 2-5 rounded teeth.
Flowers: Flowers fragrant, 5-18 in ascending or reflexed racemes usually longer than the leaves; pedicels up to 8 mm. long; calyx tube cylindric, 6-8 mm. long, the 5 lobes oblong-elliptic, spreading, 5-7 mm. long, the lobes and tube golden yellow; petals 5, small, yellow to reddish, oblong-obovate, erect; stamens 5, alternate with and equal to the petals; styles 2, fused almost to the stigmas, glabrous, about equal to the calyx lobes; ovary inferior.
Fruits: Berry globose, glabrous, about 7 mm. long, orange or occasionally burgundy.
General: Erect to spreading, unarmed, glabrous shrubs 1-3 m. tall; branches reddish when young, becoming dark gray with age.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, pale green, the blades broadly deltoid-ovate to ovate, 2-5 cm. broad, palmately 3-lobed less than half their length, the segments entire or with 2-5 rounded teeth.
Flowers: Flowers fragrant, 5-18 in ascending or reflexed racemes usually longer than the leaves; pedicels up to 8 mm. long; calyx tube cylindric, 6-8 mm. long, the 5 lobes oblong-elliptic, spreading, 5-7 mm. long, the lobes and tube golden yellow; petals 5, small, yellow to reddish, oblong-obovate, erect; stamens 5, alternate with and equal to the petals; styles 2, fused almost to the stigmas, glabrous, about equal to the calyx lobes; ovary inferior.
Fruits: Berry globose, glabrous, about 7 mm. long, orange or occasionally burgundy.
Subspecies & Varieties:
Ours is var. aureum
Accepted Name:
Ribes aureum PurshSynonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Ribes aureum
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Ribes aureum specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Ribes aureum specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Ribes aureum treatment.
E-Flora BC: Ribes aureum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Ribes aureum images.
USDA Plants Database: Ribes aureum.
Ben Legler, 2003
Ben Legler, 2003
Ben Legler, 2003
Ben Legler, 2004
Clayton J. Antieau, 1989
Clayton J. Antieau, 1989
Clayton J. Antieau, 1989
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
H. Tim Gladwin, 1987
H. Tim Gladwin, 1991
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
Julie Kane, 2011
Harry Thomas, 2012
Harry Thomas, 2009
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