A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
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Grossulariaceae » Ribes bracteosum
Ribes bracteosum Douglas[FNA8, HC, HC2]
California black currant, stink currant
Publication: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 233. 1832.
Origin: Native
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: FNA8: "Ribes bracteosum occurs along the Pacific Coast from southeastern Alaska to northern California. Its thin leaves have a sweetish, disagreeable odor and the conspicuous bracts bear acicular, mostly persistent processes near the base along the slightly winged, stipular margins."
Last updated 5/23/2020 by David Giblin.
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