BUFFALO CURRANT
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Ribes aureum Pursh
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| [=Ribes odoratum H. Wendl.] |
| Harvey County, Kansas |
| Height: 3-10 feet |
| Family: Grossulariaceae - Gooseberry Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May |
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| Also Called: | | Clove currant. | | Trunks: | | Ascending to erect, glabrous or puberulent to villous; spines and prickles absent. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, alternate, simple; stipules present; petiole .2 to 2 inches; blade deltate to ovate or obovate, .4 to 2.4 inches, base cuneate to cordate, margins 3(-5)-lobed, usually also toothed, surfaces glabrous or nearly so. | | Flowers: | | Racemes, ascending to reflexed, 3-15-flowered; pedicels jointed, .08 to .3 inch, glabrous or villous; hypanthium yellow to yellowish green, tubular, .4 to .8 inch, glabrous; sepals 5, yellow, united below, spreading, oblong to elliptic, .12 to .28 inch; petals 5, erect, yellow to red, oblong to obovate; stamens 5, mostly included. | | Fruit: | | Berries usually red, orange, brown, or black, spherical, .2 to .4 inch, glabrous; seeds brown to black. | | Habitat: | | Wooded slopes, thickets, prairie ravines, bluffs, and fencerows. | | Distribution: | | Occurs statewide | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Ribes aureum is a highly variable species. Kansas plants belong to var. villosum DC. |
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| | Buffalo currant leaf |  | | 54 KB | | Harvey County, Kansas |
| | Buffalo currant leaves |  | | 73 KB | | Harvey County, Kansas |
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