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8. Leaves not as above, in % arrangement on twig, 



distinctly 3- (sometimes 5-) lobed, with pleasantly 

 pungent odor when crushed; leaf margins irregularly 

 toothed; flowers funnel- or bell-shaped, often more 

 than 10 to a cluster; currants black, usually with gland- 

 tipped hairs; bark somewhat shreddy; usually in moist 

 sites. 



9. Leaves densely white- or grayish-woolly-hairy on 

 under surface, aromatic; leaf margins finely toothed; 

 flowers 10-30, showy, deep pink to red, funnel- 

 shaped; flower-stalk bracts red; currants blue-black, 

 with whitish "bloom" ; bark brownish ; branches erect; 

 stout shrubs 3-12 feet high; common in moist, rich 

 soils w. of Cascades, occasional on lower e. slopes, 

 Oreg., Wash.; type locality, along Columbia River. 

 blood currant (Ribes sanguineum) . 

 9. Leaves with tack-shaped glands on both surfaces, 

 rough to the touch, hairy, with citronella odor; 

 margins irregularly scallop-toothed; flowers 3-12, 

 whitish to pink, bell-shaped; flower-stalk bracts 

 greenish; currants black, without whitish "bloom"; 

 bark reddish; branches many; stiff, bushy shrub to 

 5 feet high; scattered, often locally abundant, in open, 

 rather dry to moist woods, e. Oreg., e. Wash.; type 

 locality, Rocky Mts. 



sticky currant (Ribes viscosissimum) . 

 2. Leaves not palmately lobed. [Alternate 2, p. 42.] 



10. Leaves (at least some) 3- veined from near base, broad, 

 elliptic to egg- (or reversely egg-) shaped, oblong, oval, or 

 nearly circular. 

 1 1 . Pith solid; older twigs dotted with reddish, resinlike blisters ; 

 shrubs with many tiny flowers or 3-lobed seed pods (cap- 

 sules) in stalked, branched clusters (panicles). 



ceanothus (Ceanothus spp.) 9 

 12. Leaf margins entire; leaves softly hairy, larger and more 

 distinctly 3-veined in moist sites; leafstalks to % inch 

 long; flowers blue or white, rarely pink, in usually leaf- 

 less, elongated end clusters on new shoots; loosely 

 branched shrubs 3-12 feet high, stump-sprouting after 

 cutting; branches green or yellowish, hairy, slightly 

 drooping; rare e. of Cascades; along roads near Columbia 

 River, Klickitat Co., Wash., Hood River Co., Oreg. 



deerbrush ceanothus (Ceanothus integerrimus). 

 12. Leaf margins toothed; teeth gland-tipped; leaves nearly 

 hairless; leafstalks to 1 inch long; flowers white, in leaf- 

 less clusters on old wood; branches red or purplish, 

 flexible ; erect shrubs to 10 feet high; thickets, open woods 

 or on burns, sunny slopes, or along streams; e. lower 

 slopes of Cascades, Wallowa and Blue Mts., Oreg., Wash. 

 redstem ceanothus (Ceanothus sanguineus) . 



9 See Evergreen Key for snowbrush ceanothus. See pp. 58-60 for the spireas, 

 some of which have at least part of their leaves faintly 3-nerved near base. 



