Ribes indecorum is a species of currant known by the common names white-flowered currant and white chaparral currant. It is native to the southern California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges, from around Santa Barbara County in California south into northern Baja California.
| Ribes indecorum | |
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| A white-flowered currant growing in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. indecorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ribes indecorum | |
It grows in local habitats such as California chaparral and woodlands and coastal sage scrub.
Description
editRibes indecorum is an erect perennial shrub[2] approaching three meters in maximum height. The stem is fuzzy and glandular in texture. The deciduous leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters long. The thick, wrinkly blades are divided into three to five toothed lobes, and are hairy, glandular, and aromatic. The inflorescence is a loose raceme of 10 to 25 flowers. The flower is roughly tubular with the white or pink-tinged sepals spreading open to reveal smaller whitish petals inside. The fruit is a hairy, sticky purple berry under a centimeter wide.[3]
Cultivation
editThis Ribes species, Ribes indecorum, is another that is cultivated as an ornamental plant by specialty plant nurseries. It is planted in drought-tolerant, native plant, and wildlife gardens and natural landscaping projects.[4]
References
edit- ^ Originally described and published in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 3, 2: 243. 1902. "Plant Name Details for Ribes indecorum". IPNI. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ "White Flowering Currant, Ribes indecorum". calscape.org.
- ^ Las Pilitas Nursery horticulture treatment: Ribes indecorum, White flowering currant . accessed 1.28.2013
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