General:
Deciduous shrub, loosely branched, 0.5-1.5 m tall; stems ascending to decumbent, glabrous to crisp-hairy, unarmed; bark straw-colored to purplish-brown.
Leaves:
Alternate, broadly egg-shaped, heart-shaped at the base, 2-10 cm wide, 3 (5)-lobed much less than half their length, the lobes triangular, toothed, glabrous above, more or less hairy below (at least on the veins); stalks equal to or slightly longer than the blades, finely hairy.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 6-13 flowers in a drooping raceme shorter than the leaves; flower stalks 1-4 mm long, jointed below the flowers, glabrous to sparsely hairy and more or less glandular; petals reddish-purple, broadly fan-shaped, 0.8-1 mm long; hypanthium saucer-shaped, 0.7-1 mm long; calyces reddish or purplish, finely hairy; styles glabrous, about equaling the stamens.
Fruits:
Berries, egg-shaped, red, 0.6-1 cm long, glabrous.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Flower Colour:
Purple
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Red
Present over the Summer
Source: The USDA
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
874 | 38 | 1975 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
10 | 0 | 205 |
Aspect (degrees) |
31 | 0 | 360 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 8 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
938 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(400), CWH(2), ESSF(71), ICH(11), IDF(1), MS(6), SBPS(14), SBS(309), SWB(34) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Ribes rubrum var. alaskanum (A. Berger) B. Boivin
Ribes rubrum var. propinquum (Turcz.) Trautv. & C.A. Mey.
Ribes triste var. albinervium (Michx.) Fernald